idealizar
Spanish, verb/idealiˈθaɾ/
idealizar is spelled I-D-E-A-L-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idealizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to idealize, idealise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Formar una idea o concepto de un objeto o persona en donde se exageran sus cualidades positivas y se tienden…”.
What does idealizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to idealize, idealise
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Formar una idea o concepto de un objeto o persona en donde se exageran sus cualidades positivas y se tienden a obviar las negativas.
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 idealizar
- idealizo first-person present singular
- idealicé first-person preterite singular
- idealizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- idealizando gerund
- idealizada feminine participle past
- idealizados masculine participle past
- idealizadas feminine participle past
- idealizas indicative informal present
- idealizás indicative informal present
- idealiza indicative present singular
- idealizamos first-person indicative plural
- idealizáis indicative plural present
- idealizan indicative plural present
- idealizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- idealizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- idealizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- idealizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce idealizar?
- /idealiˈθaɾ/
- [i.ð̞e.a.liˈθaɾ]
- /idealiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to idealizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is idealizar in Spanish?
idealizar 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).