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rostizar

Spanish, verb/rostiˈθaɾ/

rostizar is spelled R-O-S-T-I-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written Spanish, the 338,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rostizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to barbecue; to spitroast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asar la comida, especialmente el pollo”.

What does rostizar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Mexicoto barbecue; to spitroast

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Asar la comida, especialmente el pollo.

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 rostizar

  • rostizo first-person present singular
  • rosticé first-person preterite singular
  • rostizado participle past
  • c-z alternation
  • rostizando gerund
  • rostizada feminine participle past
  • rostizados masculine participle past
  • rostizadas feminine participle past
  • rostizas indicative informal present
  • rostizás indicative informal present
  • rostiza indicative present singular
  • rostizamos first-person indicative plural
  • rostizáis indicative plural present
  • rostizan indicative plural present
  • rostizaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • rostizabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • rostizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • rostizabais imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce rostizar?

  • /rostiˈθaɾ/
  • [ros.t̪iˈθaɾ]
  • /rostiˈsaɾ/

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

English words that translate to rostizar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rostizar in Spanish?

rostizar appears about once in every 98 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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