sintonizar
Spanish, verb/sintoniˈθaɾ/
sintonizar is spelled S-I-N-T-O-N-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,167th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sintonizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to tune in (radio or TV)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Captar una emisión de radio, televisión, etc., ajustando la frecuencia en el receptor”.
What does sintonizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tune in (radio or TV)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Captar una emisión de radio, televisión, etc., ajustando la frecuencia en el receptor.
verb: 1. Tener coincidencia en pensamiento o en sentimiento con otra persona. 2. Hacerse consciente de algún sentimiento, conocimiento o elemento de la psique y proceder de acuerdo con ello.
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 sintonizar
- sintonizo first-person present singular
- sintonicé first-person preterite singular
- sintonizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- sintonizando gerund
- sintonizada feminine participle past
- sintonizados masculine participle past
- sintonizadas feminine participle past
- sintonizas indicative informal present
- sintonizás indicative informal present
- sintoniza indicative present singular
- sintonizamos first-person indicative plural
- sintonizáis indicative plural present
- sintonizan indicative plural present
- sintonizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sintonizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sintonizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sintonizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sintonizar?
- /sintoniˈθaɾ/
- [sĩn̪.t̪o.niˈθaɾ]
- /sintoniˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sintonizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sintonizar in Spanish?
sintonizar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).