fertilizar
Spanish, verb/feɾtiliˈθaɾ/
fertilizar is spelled F-E-R-T-I-L-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 75,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fertilizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to fertilize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer más fértil un suelo añadiéndole nutrientes”.
What does fertilizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fertilize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer más fértil un suelo añadiéndole nutrientes. 2. Añadir un espermatozoide a un óvulo con el objeto de crear descendencia.
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 fertilizar
- fertilizo first-person present singular
- fertilicé first-person preterite singular
- fertilizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- fertilizando gerund
- fertilizada feminine participle past
- fertilizados masculine participle past
- fertilizadas feminine participle past
- fertilizas indicative informal present
- fertilizás indicative informal present
- fertiliza indicative present singular
- fertilizamos first-person indicative plural
- fertilizáis indicative plural present
- fertilizan indicative plural present
- fertilizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fertilizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fertilizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fertilizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fertilizar?
- /feɾtiliˈθaɾ/
- [feɾ.t̪i.liˈθaɾ]
- /feɾtiliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fertilizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fertilizar in Spanish?
fertilizar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).