canalizar
Spanish, verb/kanaliˈθaɾ/
canalizar is spelled C-A-N-A-L-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canalizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to channel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abrir o construir canales o acequías en un curso de agua”.
What does canalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to channel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Abrir o construir canales o acequías en un curso de agua 2. Regularizar o dar el trayecto deseado al cauce de un río o arroyo 3. Dirigir, orientar o encauzar emociones, ideas, etc. en un sentido determinado
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 canalizar
- canalizo first-person present singular
- canalicé first-person preterite singular
- canalizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- canalizando gerund
- canalizada feminine participle past
- canalizados masculine participle past
- canalizadas feminine participle past
- canalizas indicative informal present
- canalizás indicative informal present
- canaliza indicative present singular
- canalizamos first-person indicative plural
- canalizáis indicative plural present
- canalizan indicative plural present
- canalizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- canalizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- canalizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- canalizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canalizar?
- /kanaliˈθaɾ/
- [ka.na.liˈθaɾ]
- /kanaliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canalizar in Spanish?
canalizar appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).