utilizar
Spanish, verb/utiliˈθaɾ/
utilizar is spelled U-T-I-L-I-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,679th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Utilizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to use; to make use of; to utilize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ayudarse con una herramienta, objeto o servicio para obtener un resultado”.
What does utilizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to use; to make use of; to utilize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ayudarse con una herramienta, objeto o servicio para obtener un resultado 2. En particular, sacar provecho personal de una persona o situación fingiendo no hacerlo
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 utilizar
- utilizo first-person present singular
- utilicé first-person preterite singular
- utilizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- utilizando gerund
- utilizada feminine participle past
- utilizados masculine participle past
- utilizadas feminine participle past
- utilizas indicative informal present
- utilizás indicative informal present
- utiliza indicative present singular
- utilizamos first-person indicative plural
- utilizáis indicative plural present
- utilizan indicative plural present
- utilizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- utilizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- utilizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- utilizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce utilizar?
- /utiliˈθaɾ/
- [u.t̪i.liˈθaɾ]
- /utiliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to utilizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is utilizar in Spanish?
utilizar appears 51 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).