caracterizar
Spanish, verb/kaɾaɡteɾiˈθaɾ/
caracterizar is spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caracterizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to characterize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Determinar o identificar aquellos rasgos peculiares o propios de alguien o de algo, que claramente los…”.
What does caracterizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to characterize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Determinar o identificar aquellos rasgos peculiares o propios de alguien o de algo, que claramente los diferencian de los demás. 2. Distinguir u honrar una persona con alguna dignidad o empleo. 3. Representar un actor con el acierto y vigor necesarios para hacer reconocible su personaje.
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 caracterizar
- caracterizo first-person present singular
- caractericé first-person preterite singular
- caracterizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- caracterizando gerund
- caracterizada feminine participle past
- caracterizados masculine participle past
- caracterizadas feminine participle past
- caracterizas indicative informal present
- caracterizás indicative informal present
- caracteriza indicative present singular
- caracterizamos first-person indicative plural
- caracterizáis indicative plural present
- caracterizan indicative plural present
- caracterizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- caracterizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- caracterizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- caracterizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caracterizar?
- /kaɾaɡteɾiˈθaɾ/
- [ka.ɾaɣ̞.t̪e.ɾiˈθaɾ]
- /kaɾaɡteɾiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caracterizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caracterizar in Spanish?
caracterizar appears 1.2 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).