vulgarizar
Spanish, verb/bulɡaɾiˈθaɾ/
vulgarizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to vulgarise (to make something vulgar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Convertir una cosa extraordinaria o innovadora en algo común y corriente”.
What does vulgarizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to vulgarise (to make something vulgar)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Convertir una cosa extraordinaria o innovadora en algo común y corriente. 2. Convertir una marca comercial en un sustantivo de uso común
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 vulgarizar
- vulgarizo first-person present singular
- vulgaricé first-person preterite singular
- vulgarizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- vulgarizando gerund
- vulgarizada feminine participle past
- vulgarizados masculine participle past
- vulgarizadas feminine participle past
- vulgarizas indicative informal present
- vulgarizás indicative informal present
- vulgariza indicative present singular
- vulgarizamos first-person indicative plural
- vulgarizáis indicative plural present
- vulgarizan indicative plural present
- vulgarizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- vulgarizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- vulgarizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vulgarizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vulgarizar?
- /bulɡaɾiˈθaɾ/
- [bul.ɣ̞a.ɾiˈθaɾ]
- /bulɡaɾiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vulgarizar in Spanish?
vulgarizar appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).