martirizar
Spanish, verb/maɾtiɾiˈθaɾ/
martirizar is spelled M-A-R-T-I-R-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Martirizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to martyr (make someone a martyr)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer mártir a alguien, al producirle tormentos físicos por motivos religiosos o ideológicos, entre otros”.
What does martirizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to martyr (make someone a martyr)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer mártir a alguien, al producirle tormentos físicos por motivos religiosos o ideológicos, entre otros. 2. Causar gran sufrimiento, dolor y tormento físico o emocional a un ser vivo.
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 martirizar
- martirizo first-person present singular
- martiricé first-person preterite singular
- martirizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- martirizando gerund
- martirizada feminine participle past
- martirizados masculine participle past
- martirizadas feminine participle past
- martirizas indicative informal present
- martirizás indicative informal present
- martiriza indicative present singular
- martirizamos first-person indicative plural
- martirizáis indicative plural present
- martirizan indicative plural present
- martirizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- martirizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- martirizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- martirizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce martirizar?
- /maɾtiɾiˈθaɾ/
- [maɾ.t̪i.ɾiˈθaɾ]
- /maɾtiɾiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to martirizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is martirizar in Spanish?
martirizar appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).