descolonizar
Spanish, verb/deskoloniˈθaɾ/
descolonizar is spelled D-E-S-C-O-L-O-N-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 130,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descolonizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to decolonize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does descolonizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decolonize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of descolonizar
- descolonizo first-person present singular
- descolonicé first-person preterite singular
- descolonizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- descolonizando gerund
- descolonizada feminine participle past
- descolonizados masculine participle past
- descolonizadas feminine participle past
- descolonizas indicative informal present
- descolonizás indicative informal present
- descoloniza indicative present singular
- descolonizamos first-person indicative plural
- descolonizáis indicative plural present
- descolonizan indicative plural present
- descolonizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- descolonizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- descolonizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- descolonizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descolonizar?
- /deskoloniˈθaɾ/
- [d̪es.ko.lo.niˈθaɾ]
- /deskoloniˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descolonizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descolonizar in Spanish?
descolonizar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).