recolonizar
Spanish, verb/rekoloniˈθaɾ/
recolonizar is spelled R-E-C-O-L-O-N-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish, the 231,957th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recolonizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to recolonize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer un lugar como colonial de nuevo; comenzar otra colonia en (algún lugar)”.
What does recolonizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recolonize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer un lugar como colonial de nuevo; comenzar otra colonia en (algún lugar).
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 recolonizar
- recolonizo first-person present singular
- recolonicé first-person preterite singular
- recolonizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- recolonizando gerund
- recolonizada feminine participle past
- recolonizados masculine participle past
- recolonizadas feminine participle past
- recolonizas indicative informal present
- recolonizás indicative informal present
- recoloniza indicative present singular
- recolonizamos first-person indicative plural
- recolonizáis indicative plural present
- recolonizan indicative plural present
- recolonizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- recolonizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- recolonizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recolonizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recolonizar?
- /rekoloniˈθaɾ/
- [re.ko.lo.niˈθaɾ]
- /rekoloniˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recolonizar in Spanish?
recolonizar appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).