inicializar
Spanish, verb/iniθjaliˈθaɾ/
inicializar is spelled I-N-I-C-I-A-L-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 136,710th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inicializar is a Spanish verb meaning “to initialize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asignar los valores de arranque a las variables de un programa”.
What does inicializar mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto initialize
- 2
informalto start up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Asignar los valores de arranque a las variables de un programa.
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 inicializar
- inicializo first-person present singular
- inicialicé first-person preterite singular
- inicializado participle past
- c-z alternation
- inicializando gerund
- inicializada feminine participle past
- inicializados masculine participle past
- inicializadas feminine participle past
- inicializas indicative informal present
- inicializás indicative informal present
- inicializa indicative present singular
- inicializamos first-person indicative plural
- inicializáis indicative plural present
- inicializan indicative plural present
- inicializaba first-person imperfect indicative
- inicializabas imperfect indicative second-person
- inicializábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- inicializabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inicializar?
- /iniθjaliˈθaɾ/
- [i.ni.θja.liˈθaɾ]
- /inisjaliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inicializar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inicializar in Spanish?
inicializar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).