izar
Spanish, verb/iˈθaɾ/
izar is spelled I-Z-A-R (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 44,034th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Izar is a Spanish verb meaning “to hoist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer subir alguna cosa tirando de la cuerda de la que está colgada, la cual pasa, al efecto, por un punto…”.
What does izar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hoist
suffix
- 1
-ise (UK), -ize (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Forma verbos a partir de sustantivos y adjetivos, con el significado de "poner en el estado de" lo indicado por la base.
verb: 1. Hacer subir alguna cosa tirando de la cuerda de la que está colgada, la cual pasa, al efecto, por un punto más elevado. 2. Subir un objeto por medio de un cabo.
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 izar
- izo first-person present singular
- icé first-person preterite singular
- izado participle past
- c-z alternation
- izando gerund
- izada feminine participle past
- izados masculine participle past
- izadas feminine participle past
- izas indicative informal present
- izás indicative informal present
- iza indicative present singular
- izamos first-person indicative plural
- izáis indicative plural present
- izan indicative plural present
- izaba first-person imperfect indicative
- izabas imperfect indicative second-person
- izábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- izabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce izar?
- /iˈθaɾ/
- [iˈθaɾ]
- /iˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to izar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is izar in Spanish?
izar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).