tamizar
Spanish, verb/tamiˈθaɾ/
tamizar is spelled T-A-M-I-Z-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 121,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to strain, sieve, sift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasar algo por un tamiz o cedazo”.
What does tamizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to strain, sieve, sift
- 2
to purify, remove defects from
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pasar algo por un tamiz o cedazo. 2. Por extensión, separar de entre un conjunto los elementos valiosos de acuerdo a algún criterio. 3. Amortiguar un fenómeno o sensación pasándolo por un filtro. 4. En particular, temperar la luz mediante una cortina o pantalla.
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 tamizar
- tamizo first-person present singular
- tamicé first-person preterite singular
- tamizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- tamizando gerund
- tamizada feminine participle past
- tamizados masculine participle past
- tamizadas feminine participle past
- tamizas indicative informal present
- tamizás indicative informal present
- tamiza indicative present singular
- tamizamos first-person indicative plural
- tamizáis indicative plural present
- tamizan indicative plural present
- tamizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- tamizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- tamizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- tamizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tamizar?
- /tamiˈθaɾ/
- [t̪a.miˈθaɾ]
- /tamiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tamizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tamizar in Spanish?
tamizar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).