ilegalizar
Spanish, verb/ileɡaliˈθaɾ/
ilegalizar is spelled I-L-E-G-A-L-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,142nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilegalizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to illegalize/illegalise, outlaw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una autoridad competente: declarar ilegal un determinado tipo de acto o conducta”.
What does ilegalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to illegalize/illegalise, outlaw
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dicho de una autoridad competente: declarar ilegal un determinado tipo de acto 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 ilegalizar
- ilegalizo first-person present singular
- ilegalicé first-person preterite singular
- ilegalizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- ilegalizando gerund
- ilegalizada feminine participle past
- ilegalizados masculine participle past
- ilegalizadas feminine participle past
- ilegalizas indicative informal present
- ilegalizás indicative informal present
- ilegaliza indicative present singular
- ilegalizamos first-person indicative plural
- ilegalizáis indicative plural present
- ilegalizan indicative plural present
- ilegalizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ilegalizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ilegalizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ilegalizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ilegalizar?
- /ileɡaliˈθaɾ/
- [i.le.ɣ̞a.liˈθaɾ]
- /ileɡaliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ilegalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ilegalizar in Spanish?
ilegalizar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).