alfabetizar
Spanish, verb/alfabetiˈθaɾ/
alfabetizar is spelled A-L-F-A-B-E-T-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 123,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alfabetizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make literate; to teach to read and write” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enseñar a leer y escribir”.
What does alfabetizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make literate; to teach to read and write
- 2
to alphabetize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enseñar a leer y escribir. 2. Ordenar alfabéticamente, siguiendo el orden del alfabeto.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alfabetizar
- alfabetizo first-person present singular
- alfabeticé first-person preterite singular
- alfabetizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- alfabetizando gerund
- alfabetizada feminine participle past
- alfabetizados masculine participle past
- alfabetizadas feminine participle past
- alfabetizas indicative informal present
- alfabetizás indicative informal present
- alfabetiza indicative present singular
- alfabetizamos first-person indicative plural
- alfabetizáis indicative plural present
- alfabetizan indicative plural present
- alfabetizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- alfabetizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- alfabetizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- alfabetizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alfabetizar?
- /alfabetiˈθaɾ/
- [al.fa.β̞e.t̪iˈθaɾ]
- /alfabetiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alfabetizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alfabetizar in Spanish?
alfabetizar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).