urbanizar
Spanish, verb/uɾbaniˈθaɾ/
urbanizar is spelled U-R-B-A-N-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urbanizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to develop (land for building houses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Construir lo necesario para que una zona tenga las condiciones típicas de una ciudad (calles pavimentadas…”.
What does urbanizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to develop (land for building houses)
- 2
to urbanize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Construir lo necesario para que una zona tenga las condiciones típicas de una ciudad (calles pavimentadas, iluminación pública, acceso a servicios de electricidad y alcantarillado, etc.). 2. Educar o instruir a alguien para que adopte las normas de urbanidad, cortesía, buenos modales o sociabilidad. 3. Inducir a que se adopte un modo de vida típico de las ciudades.
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 urbanizar
- urbanizo first-person present singular
- urbanicé first-person preterite singular
- urbanizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- urbanizando gerund
- urbanizada feminine participle past
- urbanizados masculine participle past
- urbanizadas feminine participle past
- urbanizas indicative informal present
- urbanizás indicative informal present
- urbaniza indicative present singular
- urbanizamos first-person indicative plural
- urbanizáis indicative plural present
- urbanizan indicative plural present
- urbanizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- urbanizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- urbanizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- urbanizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urbanizar?
- /uɾbaniˈθaɾ/
- [uɾ.β̞a.niˈθaɾ]
- /uɾbaniˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to urbanizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is urbanizar in Spanish?
urbanizar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).