despenalizar
Spanish, verb/despenaliˈθaɾ/
despenalizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to depenalize, decriminalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Remover la clasificación de delito o falta de una acción o conducta”.
What does despenalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to depenalize, decriminalize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Remover la clasificación de delito o falta de una acción o conducta.
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 despenalizar
- despenalizo first-person present singular
- despenalicé first-person preterite singular
- despenalizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- despenalizando gerund
- despenalizada feminine participle past
- despenalizados masculine participle past
- despenalizadas feminine participle past
- despenalizas indicative informal present
- despenalizás indicative informal present
- despenaliza indicative present singular
- despenalizamos first-person indicative plural
- despenalizáis indicative plural present
- despenalizan indicative plural present
- despenalizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- despenalizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- despenalizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- despenalizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despenalizar?
- /despenaliˈθaɾ/
- [d̪es.pe.na.liˈθaɾ]
- /despenaliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to despenalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despenalizar in Spanish?
despenalizar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).