temporizar
Spanish, verb/tempoɾiˈθaɾ/
temporizar is spelled T-E-M-P-O-R-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish, the 324,638th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Temporizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to temporize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Contemporizar”.
What does temporizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to temporize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Contemporizar.
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 temporizar
- temporizo first-person present singular
- temporicé first-person preterite singular
- temporizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- temporizando gerund
- temporizada feminine participle past
- temporizados masculine participle past
- temporizadas feminine participle past
- temporizas indicative informal present
- temporizás indicative informal present
- temporiza indicative present singular
- temporizamos first-person indicative plural
- temporizáis indicative plural present
- temporizan indicative plural present
- temporizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- temporizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- temporizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- temporizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce temporizar?
- /tempoɾiˈθaɾ/
- [t̪ẽm.po.ɾiˈθaɾ]
- /tempoɾiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to temporizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is temporizar in Spanish?
temporizar appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).