bautizar
Spanish, verb/bautiˈθaɾ/
bautizar is spelled B-A-U-T-I-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bautizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to baptize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Iniciar al neófito en algunas iglesias cristianas, sumergiéndolo o lavándolo con agua sacramental”.
What does bautizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to baptize
- 2
to name (to give a name to)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Iniciar al neófito en algunas iglesias cristianas, sumergiéndolo o lavándolo con agua sacramental. 2. Por extensión, dar nombre a alguien o algo, como se hace tradicionalmente al bautizar.₁. 3. Por extensión, poner un sobrenombre a alguien o algo. 4. Por extensión, arrojar un líquido sobre alguno.
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 bautizar
- bautizo first-person present singular
- bauticé first-person preterite singular
- bautizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- bautizando gerund
- bautizada feminine participle past
- bautizados masculine participle past
- bautizadas feminine participle past
- bautizas indicative informal present
- bautizás indicative informal present
- bautiza indicative present singular
- bautizamos first-person indicative plural
- bautizáis indicative plural present
- bautizan indicative plural present
- bautizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- bautizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- bautizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- bautizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bautizar?
- /bautiˈθaɾ/
- [bau̯.t̪iˈθaɾ]
- /bautiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bautizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bautizar in Spanish?
bautizar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).