tercerización
Spanish, noun/teɾθeɾiθaˈθjon/
tercerización is spelled T-E-R-C-E-R-I-Z-A-C-I-Ó-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tercerización is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hiring of a third party” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de tercerizar”.
What does tercerización mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehiring of a third party
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de tercerizar.
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 tercerización
- tercerizaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tercerización?
- /teɾθeɾiθaˈθjon/
- [t̪eɾ.θe.ɾi.θaˈθjõn]
- /teɾseɾisaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tercerización
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tercerización in Spanish?
tercerización appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).