protagonizar
Spanish, verb/pɾotaɡoniˈθaɾ/
protagonizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to star in, to be the protagonist in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Actuar de protagonista”.
What does protagonizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to star in, to be the protagonist in
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Actuar de protagonista. 2. Por extensión, ejercer el rol más importante dentro de un equipo.
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 protagonizar
- protagonizo first-person present singular
- protagonicé first-person preterite singular
- protagonizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- protagonizando gerund
- protagonizada feminine participle past
- protagonizados masculine participle past
- protagonizadas feminine participle past
- protagonizas indicative informal present
- protagonizás indicative informal present
- protagoniza indicative present singular
- protagonizamos first-person indicative plural
- protagonizáis indicative plural present
- protagonizan indicative plural present
- protagonizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- protagonizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- protagonizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- protagonizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protagonizar?
- /pɾotaɡoniˈθaɾ/
- [pɾo.t̪a.ɣ̞o.niˈθaɾ]
- /pɾotaɡoniˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protagonizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protagonizar in Spanish?
protagonizar appears 1.1 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).