penalizar
Spanish, verb/penaliˈθaɾ/
penalizar is spelled P-E-N-A-L-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,860th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Penalizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to penalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sancionar severamente”.
What does penalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to penalize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sancionar severamente. 2. Castigar un delito o una transgresión. 3. Asignar la categoría de delito o falta y su correspondiente pena a una determinada acción u omisión.
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 penalizar
- penalizo first-person present singular
- penalicé first-person preterite singular
- penalizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- penalizando gerund
- penalizada feminine participle past
- penalizados masculine participle past
- penalizadas feminine participle past
- penalizas indicative informal present
- penalizás indicative informal present
- penaliza indicative present singular
- penalizamos first-person indicative plural
- penalizáis indicative plural present
- penalizan indicative plural present
- penalizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- penalizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- penalizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- penalizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penalizar?
- /penaliˈθaɾ/
- [pe.na.liˈθaɾ]
- /penaliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to penalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is penalizar in Spanish?
penalizar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).