palatalización
Spanish, noun/palataliθaˈθjon/
palatalización is spelled P-A-L-A-T-A-L-I-Z-A-C-I-Ó-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 172,602nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palatalización is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “palatalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de palatalizar, esto es, articular un sonido lingüístico elevando de la lengua hacia el…”.
What does palatalización mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepalatalization
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de palatalizar, esto es, articular un sonido lingüístico elevando de la lengua hacia el paladar.
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 palatalización
- palatalizaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palatalización?
- /palataliθaˈθjon/
- [pa.la.t̪a.li.θaˈθjõn]
- /palatalisaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palatalización
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palatalización in Spanish?
palatalización appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).