privatizar
Spanish, verb/pɾibatiˈθaɾ/
privatizar is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,265th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Privatizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to privatize (release government control to private industry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Convertir una empresa, una actividad o un bien del sector público al sector privado”.
What does privatizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to privatize (release government control to private industry)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Convertir una empresa, una actividad o un bien del sector público al sector privado.
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 privatizar
- privatizo first-person present singular
- privaticé first-person preterite singular
- privatizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- privatizando gerund
- privatizada feminine participle past
- privatizados masculine participle past
- privatizadas feminine participle past
- privatizas indicative informal present
- privatizás indicative informal present
- privatiza indicative present singular
- privatizamos first-person indicative plural
- privatizáis indicative plural present
- privatizan indicative plural present
- privatizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- privatizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- privatizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- privatizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce privatizar?
- /pɾibatiˈθaɾ/
- [pɾi.β̞a.t̪iˈθaɾ]
- /pɾibatiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to privatizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is privatizar in Spanish?
privatizar appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).