amortizar
Spanish, verb/amoɾtiˈθaɾ/
amortizar is spelled A-M-O-R-T-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 53,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amortizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to amortize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Transferir la propiedad de un bien a una entidad, habitualmente religiosa, que está inhibida de venderlo o…”.
What does amortizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to amortize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Transferir la propiedad de un bien a una entidad, habitualmente religiosa, que está inhibida de venderlo o enajenarlo nuevamente 2. Pagar, especialmente en plazos, una deuda u otra obligación 3. Recuperar, especialmente en plazos, una inversión de capital 4. Eliminar puestos de trabajo
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 amortizar
- amortizo first-person present singular
- amorticé first-person preterite singular
- amortizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- amortizando gerund
- amortizada feminine participle past
- amortizados masculine participle past
- amortizadas feminine participle past
- amortizas indicative informal present
- amortizás indicative informal present
- amortiza indicative present singular
- amortizamos first-person indicative plural
- amortizáis indicative plural present
- amortizan indicative plural present
- amortizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- amortizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- amortizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- amortizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amortizar?
- /amoɾtiˈθaɾ/
- [a.moɾ.t̪iˈθaɾ]
- /amoɾtiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amortizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amortizar in Spanish?
amortizar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).