mentalizar
Spanish, verb/mentaliˈθaɾ/
mentalizar is spelled M-E-N-T-A-L-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish, the 165,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mentalizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to mentally prepare, to get into the right mindset” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condicionar, disponer o preparar la mente de alguien para algo específico, como una eventualidad…”.
What does mentalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mentally prepare, to get into the right mindset
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Condicionar, disponer o preparar la mente de alguien para algo específico, como una eventualidad, circunstancia, decisión, actitud, etc.
verb: 1. Reconocer e interpretar el comportamiento, propio o ajeno, con base en la observación de estados mentales.
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 mentalizar
- mentalizo first-person present singular
- mentalicé first-person preterite singular
- mentalizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- mentalizando gerund
- mentalizada feminine participle past
- mentalizados masculine participle past
- mentalizadas feminine participle past
- mentalizas indicative informal present
- mentalizás indicative informal present
- mentaliza indicative present singular
- mentalizamos first-person indicative plural
- mentalizáis indicative plural present
- mentalizan indicative plural present
- mentalizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- mentalizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mentalizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mentalizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mentalizar?
- /mentaliˈθaɾ/
- [mẽn̪.t̪a.liˈθaɾ]
- /mentaliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mentalizar in Spanish?
mentalizar appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).