balcanizar
Spanish, verb[balkaniˈsaɾ]
balcanizar is spelled B-A-L-C-A-N-I-Z-A-R (10 letters). Balcanizar is a Spanish verb meaning “Balkanize (to break up a region)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fragmentar la unidad de un Estado o región en partes mutuamente hostiles”.
What does balcanizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Balkanize (to break up a region)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fragmentar la unidad de un Estado o región en partes mutuamente hostiles.
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 balcanizar
- balcanizo first-person present singular
- balcanicé first-person preterite singular
- balcanizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- balcanizando gerund
- balcanizada feminine participle past
- balcanizados masculine participle past
- balcanizadas feminine participle past
- balcanizas indicative informal present
- balcanizás indicative informal present
- balcaniza indicative present singular
- balcanizamos first-person indicative plural
- balcanizáis indicative plural present
- balcanizan indicative plural present
- balcanizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- balcanizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- balcanizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- balcanizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balcanizar?
- [balkaniˈsaɾ]
- [balkaniˈθaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balcanizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.