velarización
Spanish, noun/belaɾiθaˈθjon/
velarización is spelled V-E-L-A-R-I-Z-A-C-I-Ó-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish, the 277,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velarización is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “velarization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proceso de articular de manera velar un sonido lingüístico que normalmente no se produce por contacto o…”.
What does velarización mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevelarization
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proceso de articular de manera velar un sonido lingüístico que normalmente no se produce por contacto o acercamiento de la lengua con el velo o zona blanda del paladar.
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 velarización
- velarizaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velarización?
- /belaɾiθaˈθjon/
- [be.la.ɾi.θaˈθjõn]
- /belaɾisaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is velarización in Spanish?
velarización appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).