instrumentalizar
Spanish, verb[ĩnst̪ɾumẽn̪t̪aliˈsaɾ]
instrumentalizar is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-Z-A-R (16 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instrumentalizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to instrumentalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Usar algo a manera de instrumento, para conseguir alguna cosa”.
What does instrumentalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to instrumentalize
- 2
to use, make use of, utilise
- 3
to exploit
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Usar algo a manera de instrumento, para conseguir alguna cosa.
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 instrumentalizar
- instrumentalizo first-person present singular
- instrumentalicé first-person preterite singular
- instrumentalizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- instrumentalizando gerund
- instrumentalizada feminine participle past
- instrumentalizados masculine participle past
- instrumentalizadas feminine participle past
- instrumentalizas indicative informal present
- instrumentalizás indicative informal present
- instrumentaliza indicative present singular
- instrumentalizamos first-person indicative plural
- instrumentalizáis indicative plural present
- instrumentalizan indicative plural present
- instrumentalizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- instrumentalizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- instrumentalizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- instrumentalizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instrumentalizar?
- [ĩnst̪ɾumẽn̪t̪aliˈsaɾ]
- [ĩnst̪ɾumẽn̪t̪aliˈθaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is instrumentalizar in Spanish?
instrumentalizar 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).