precarizar
Spanish, verb[pɾekaɾiˈsaɾ]
precarizar is spelled P-R-E-C-A-R-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 158,678th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Precarizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make precarious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especialmente referido a un empleo, hacerlo precario (falto de seguridad laboral y con malas condiciones…”.
What does precarizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make precarious
- 2
to casualize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Especialmente referido a un empleo, hacerlo precario (falto de seguridad laboral y con malas condiciones económicas)
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 precarizar
- precarizo first-person present singular
- precaricé first-person preterite singular
- precarizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- precarizando gerund
- precarizada feminine participle past
- precarizados masculine participle past
- precarizadas feminine participle past
- precarizas indicative informal present
- precarizás indicative informal present
- precariza indicative present singular
- precarizamos first-person indicative plural
- precarizáis indicative plural present
- precarizan indicative plural present
- precarizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- precarizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- precarizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- precarizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce precarizar?
- [pɾekaɾiˈsaɾ]
- [pɾekaɾiˈθaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is precarizar in Spanish?
precarizar appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).