rizar
Spanish, verb/riˈθaɾ/
rizar is spelled R-I-Z-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 93,848th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to curl, crinkle, crisp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Formar artificialmente en el pelo anillos o sortijas, bucles, tirabuzones, etc”.
What does rizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to curl, crinkle, crisp
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Formar artificialmente en el pelo anillos o sortijas, bucles, tirabuzones, etc. 2. Mover la mar, formando olas pequeñas. 3. Hacer en las telas, papel o cosa semejante dobleces menudos que forman diversas figuras.
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 rizar
- rizo first-person present singular
- ricé first-person preterite singular
- rizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- rizando gerund
- rizada feminine participle past
- rizados masculine participle past
- rizadas feminine participle past
- rizas indicative informal present
- rizás indicative informal present
- riza indicative present singular
- rizamos first-person indicative plural
- rizáis indicative plural present
- rizan indicative plural present
- rizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rizar?
- /riˈθaɾ/
- [riˈθaɾ]
- /riˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rizar in Spanish?
rizar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).