vulcanizar
Spanish, verb/bulkaniˈθaɾ/
vulcanizar is spelled V-U-L-C-A-N-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vulcanizar is a Spanish verb meaning “vulcanize (to harden rubber with heat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Combinar azufre con la goma clásica para que esta conserve su elasticidad en frío y en calor”.
What does vulcanizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
vulcanize (to harden rubber with heat)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Combinar azufre con la goma clásica para que esta conserve su elasticidad en frío y en calor.
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 vulcanizar
- vulcanizo first-person present singular
- vulcanicé first-person preterite singular
- vulcanizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- vulcanizando gerund
- vulcanizada feminine participle past
- vulcanizados masculine participle past
- vulcanizadas feminine participle past
- vulcanizas indicative informal present
- vulcanizás indicative informal present
- vulcaniza indicative present singular
- vulcanizamos first-person indicative plural
- vulcanizáis indicative plural present
- vulcanizan indicative plural present
- vulcanizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- vulcanizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- vulcanizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vulcanizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vulcanizar?
- /bulkaniˈθaɾ/
- [bul.ka.niˈθaɾ]
- /bulkaniˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vulcanizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vulcanizar in Spanish?
vulcanizar appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).