palatalizar
Spanish, verb/palataliˈθaɾ/
palatalizar is spelled P-A-L-A-T-A-L-I-Z-A-R (11 letters). Palatalizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to palatalize (to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar a una letra sonorización palatal”.
What does palatalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to palatalize (to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate)
- 2
to palatalize (to be pronounced with the tongue against the palate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar a una letra sonorización palatal.
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 palatalizar
- palatalizo first-person present singular
- palatalicé first-person preterite singular
- palatalizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- palatalizando gerund
- palatalizada feminine participle past
- palatalizados masculine participle past
- palatalizadas feminine participle past
- palatalizas indicative informal present
- palatalizás indicative informal present
- palataliza indicative present singular
- palatalizamos first-person indicative plural
- palatalizáis indicative plural present
- palatalizan indicative plural present
- palatalizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- palatalizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- palatalizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- palatalizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palatalizar?
- /palataliˈθaɾ/
- [pa.la.t̪a.liˈθaɾ]
- /palataliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.