minimizar
Spanish, verb/minimiˈθaɾ/
minimizar is spelled M-I-N-I-M-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,773rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minimizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to minimize, to downplay, to play down, to underplay, to belittle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reducir algo a su mínima expresión”.
What does minimizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to minimize, to downplay, to play down, to underplay, to belittle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reducir algo a su mínima expresión. 2. Hallar el argumento que minimiza a una función. 3. Ocultar la ventana gráfica de una aplicación.
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 minimizar
- minimizo first-person present singular
- minimicé first-person preterite singular
- minimizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- minimizando gerund
- minimizada feminine participle past
- minimizados masculine participle past
- minimizadas feminine participle past
- minimizas indicative informal present
- minimizás indicative informal present
- minimiza indicative present singular
- minimizamos first-person indicative plural
- minimizáis indicative plural present
- minimizan indicative plural present
- minimizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- minimizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- minimizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- minimizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minimizar?
- /minimiˈθaɾ/
- [mi.ni.miˈθaɾ]
- /minimiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minimizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minimizar in Spanish?
minimizar appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).