familiarizar
Spanish, verb/familjaɾiˈθaɾ/
familiarizar is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 87,581st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Familiarizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to familiarize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer conocido a alguien”.
What does familiarizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to familiarize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer conocido a alguien. 2. Ajustar o acomodar a algo.
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 familiarizar
- familiarizo first-person present singular
- familiaricé first-person preterite singular
- familiarizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- familiarizando gerund
- familiarizada feminine participle past
- familiarizados masculine participle past
- familiarizadas feminine participle past
- familiarizas indicative informal present
- familiarizás indicative informal present
- familiariza indicative present singular
- familiarizamos first-person indicative plural
- familiarizáis indicative plural present
- familiarizan indicative plural present
- familiarizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- familiarizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- familiarizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- familiarizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce familiarizar?
- /familjaɾiˈθaɾ/
- [fa.mi.lja.ɾiˈθaɾ]
- /familjaɾiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to familiarizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is familiarizar in Spanish?
familiarizar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).