esclavizar
Spanish, verb/esklabiˈθaɾ/
esclavizar is spelled E-S-C-L-A-V-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,132nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esclavizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to enslave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Someter a una persona a las órdenes de otra, por lo general de manera degradante y con pérdida de sus…”.
What does esclavizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enslave
- 2
to put in chains, restrict
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Someter a una persona a las órdenes de otra, por lo general de manera degradante y con pérdida de sus derechos y privilegios quedando subyugada únicamente para recibir y obedecer órdenes so pena de severos castigos si las desacata. 2. Absorber, quitar mucho tiempo un trabajo o actividad generalmente poco agradable.
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 esclavizar
- esclavizo first-person present singular
- esclavicé first-person preterite singular
- esclavizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- esclavizando gerund
- esclavizada feminine participle past
- esclavizados masculine participle past
- esclavizadas feminine participle past
- esclavizas indicative informal present
- esclavizás indicative informal present
- esclaviza indicative present singular
- esclavizamos first-person indicative plural
- esclavizáis indicative plural present
- esclavizan indicative plural present
- esclavizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- esclavizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- esclavizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- esclavizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esclavizar?
- /esklabiˈθaɾ/
- [es.kla.β̞iˈθaɾ]
- /esklabiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esclavizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esclavizar in Spanish?
esclavizar 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).