militarizar
Spanish, verb/militaɾiˈθaɾ/
militarizar is spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Militarizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to militarize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forjar el carácter militar en algo o alguien”.
What does militarizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to militarize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Forjar el carácter militar en algo o alguien. 2. Someter a la disciplina militar. 3. Ocupar con tropas un territorio a modo de preparación ante una posible guerra futura.
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 militarizar
- militarizo first-person present singular
- militaricé first-person preterite singular
- militarizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- militarizando gerund
- militarizada feminine participle past
- militarizados masculine participle past
- militarizadas feminine participle past
- militarizas indicative informal present
- militarizás indicative informal present
- militariza indicative present singular
- militarizamos first-person indicative plural
- militarizáis indicative plural present
- militarizan indicative plural present
- militarizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- militarizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- militarizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- militarizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce militarizar?
- /militaɾiˈθaɾ/
- [mi.li.t̪a.ɾiˈθaɾ]
- /militaɾiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to militarizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is militarizar in Spanish?
militarizar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).