nacionalizar
Spanish, verb/naθjonaliˈθaɾ/
nacionalizar is spelled N-A-C-I-O-N-A-L-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nacionalizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to nationalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comprar por parte del Estado una empresa o parte de ella que opera en su territorio nacional”.
What does nacionalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nationalize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Comprar por parte del Estado una empresa o parte de ella que opera en su territorio nacional. 2. Hacer, por parte de un país, que un deportista adquiera esa determinada nacionalidad para representarles en las competiciones internacionales que participen.
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 nacionalizar
- nacionalizo first-person present singular
- nacionalicé first-person preterite singular
- nacionalizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- nacionalizando gerund
- nacionalizada feminine participle past
- nacionalizados masculine participle past
- nacionalizadas feminine participle past
- nacionalizas indicative informal present
- nacionalizás indicative informal present
- nacionaliza indicative present singular
- nacionalizamos first-person indicative plural
- nacionalizáis indicative plural present
- nacionalizan indicative plural present
- nacionalizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- nacionalizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- nacionalizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- nacionalizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nacionalizar?
- /naθjonaliˈθaɾ/
- [na.θjo.na.liˈθaɾ]
- /nasjonaliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nacionalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nacionalizar in Spanish?
nacionalizar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).