canonizar
Spanish, verb/kanoniˈθaɾ/
canonizar is spelled C-A-N-O-N-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 126,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canonizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to canonize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Declarar la Iglesia Católica u otra confesión religiosa como santo a una persona fallecida”.
What does canonizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to canonize
- 2
to approve (of)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Declarar la Iglesia Católica u otra confesión religiosa como santo a una persona fallecida 2. Cambiar algo a su forma canónica.
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 canonizar
- canonizo first-person present singular
- canonicé first-person preterite singular
- canonizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- canonizando gerund
- canonizada feminine participle past
- canonizados masculine participle past
- canonizadas feminine participle past
- canonizas indicative informal present
- canonizás indicative informal present
- canoniza indicative present singular
- canonizamos first-person indicative plural
- canonizáis indicative plural present
- canonizan indicative plural present
- canonizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- canonizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- canonizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- canonizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canonizar?
- /kanoniˈθaɾ/
- [ka.no.niˈθaɾ]
- /kanoniˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canonizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canonizar in Spanish?
canonizar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).