catequizar
Spanish, verb/katekiˈθaɾ/
catequizar is spelled C-A-T-E-Q-U-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catequizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to catechize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instruir a alguien en la doctrina de la fe católica”.
What does catequizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to catechize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Instruir a alguien en la doctrina de la fe católica. 2. Adoctrinar.
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 catequizar
- catequizo first-person present singular
- catequicé first-person preterite singular
- catequizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- catequizando gerund
- catequizada feminine participle past
- catequizados masculine participle past
- catequizadas feminine participle past
- catequizas indicative informal present
- catequizás indicative informal present
- catequiza indicative present singular
- catequizamos first-person indicative plural
- catequizáis indicative plural present
- catequizan indicative plural present
- catequizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- catequizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- catequizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- catequizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catequizar?
- /katekiˈθaɾ/
- [ka.t̪e.kiˈθaɾ]
- /katekiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catequizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catequizar in Spanish?
catequizar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).