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velarizar

Spanish, verb/belaɾiˈθaɾ/

velarizar is spelled V-E-L-A-R-I-Z-A-R (9 letters). Velarizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to velarize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Articular de manera velar un sonido lingüístico que normalmente no se produce por contacto o acercamiento de…”.

What does velarizar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to velarize

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. 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 velarizar

  • velarizo first-person present singular
  • velaricé first-person preterite singular
  • velarizado participle past
  • c-z alternation
  • velarizando gerund
  • velarizada feminine participle past
  • velarizados masculine participle past
  • velarizadas feminine participle past
  • velarizas indicative informal present
  • velarizás indicative informal present
  • velariza indicative present singular
  • velarizamos first-person indicative plural
  • velarizáis indicative plural present
  • velarizan indicative plural present
  • velarizaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • velarizabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • velarizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • velarizabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce velarizar?

  • /belaɾiˈθaɾ/
  • [be.la.ɾiˈθaɾ]
  • /belaɾiˈsaɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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