canibalizar
Spanish, verb/kanibaliˈθaɾ/
canibalizar is spelled C-A-N-I-B-A-L-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish, the 231,957th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canibalizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cannibalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar partes a una máquina, generalmente ya fuera de servicio, para aprovecharlas con otros fines”.
What does canibalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cannibalize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitar partes a una máquina, generalmente ya fuera de servicio, para aprovecharlas con otros fines. 2. Usar, sin autorización y generalmente con descuido, partes de un artículo, marca, texto u objeto protegido por derechos de autor.
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 canibalizar
- canibalizo first-person present singular
- canibalicé first-person preterite singular
- canibalizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- canibalizando gerund
- canibalizada feminine participle past
- canibalizados masculine participle past
- canibalizadas feminine participle past
- canibalizas indicative informal present
- canibalizás indicative informal present
- canibaliza indicative present singular
- canibalizamos first-person indicative plural
- canibalizáis indicative plural present
- canibalizan indicative plural present
- canibalizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- canibalizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- canibalizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- canibalizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canibalizar?
- /kanibaliˈθaɾ/
- [ka.ni.β̞a.liˈθaɾ]
- /kanibaliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canibalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canibalizar in Spanish?
canibalizar appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).