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problematizar

Spanish, verb/pɾoblematiˈθaɾ/

problematizar is spelled P-R-O-B-L-E-M-A-T-I-Z-A-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 102,764th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Problematizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make something problematic; to problematize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Encontrar un problema en donde antes no se lo veía”.

What does problematizar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to make something problematic; to problematize

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Encontrar un problema en donde antes no se lo veía.

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 problematizar

  • problematizo first-person present singular
  • problematicé first-person preterite singular
  • problematizado participle past
  • c-z alternation
  • problematizando gerund
  • problematizada feminine participle past
  • problematizados masculine participle past
  • problematizadas feminine participle past
  • problematizas indicative informal present
  • problematizás indicative informal present
  • problematiza indicative present singular
  • problematizamos first-person indicative plural
  • problematizáis indicative plural present
  • problematizan indicative plural present
  • problematizaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • problematizabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • problematizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • problematizabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce problematizar?

  • /pɾoblematiˈθaɾ/
  • [pɾo.β̞le.ma.t̪iˈθaɾ]
  • /pɾoblematiˈsaɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is problematizar in Spanish?

problematizar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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