naturalizar
Spanish, verb/natuɾaliˈθaɾ/
naturalizar is spelled N-A-T-U-R-A-L-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naturalizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to naturalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Convertir a una anomalía en ley natural”.
What does naturalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to naturalize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Convertir a una anomalía en ley natural. 2. Adoptar una tradición exógena como una costumbre natural. 3. Admitir en un país, como si de él fuera natural, a persona extranjera. 4. Conceder oficialmente a un extranjero, en todo o en parte, los derechos y privilegios de los naturales del país en que obtiene esta gracia.
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 naturalizar
- naturalizo first-person present singular
- naturalicé first-person preterite singular
- naturalizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- naturalizando gerund
- naturalizada feminine participle past
- naturalizados masculine participle past
- naturalizadas feminine participle past
- naturalizas indicative informal present
- naturalizás indicative informal present
- naturaliza indicative present singular
- naturalizamos first-person indicative plural
- naturalizáis indicative plural present
- naturalizan indicative plural present
- naturalizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- naturalizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- naturalizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- naturalizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naturalizar?
- /natuɾaliˈθaɾ/
- [na.t̪u.ɾa.liˈθaɾ]
- /natuɾaliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to naturalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is naturalizar in Spanish?
naturalizar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).