-izar

Borrowed from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -ear and -exar.

-izar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -izo, first-person singular preterite -icei, past participle -izado)

1. -ise/-ize

• -ear

Borrowing from English -ize, French -iser, German -isieren, Italian -izzare and Spanish -izar.

-izar

1. suffix used to form a transitive verb meaning: to cover with, add to, supply with or ornament with; -ize

   ‎salo (“salt”) + ‎-izar → ‎salizar (“to salt”)

   ‎armo (“weapon”) + ‎-izar → ‎armizar (“to arm”)

   ‎oleo (“oil”) + ‎-izar → ‎oleizar (“to oil”)

   ‎lumo (“light”) + ‎-izar → ‎lumizar (“to illuminate”)

Borrowed from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -ejar, which was inherited.

-izar

1. -ise/-ize

• -ejar

Borrowed from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -ear and -ejar.

-izar

1. -ise/-ize

   ‎legal (“legal”) + ‎-izar → ‎legalizar (“legalize”)

   ‎popular (“popular”) + ‎-izar → ‎popularizar (“popularize”)

   ‎laico (“lay”) + ‎-izar → ‎laicizar (“laicize”)

   ‎urbano (“urban”) + ‎-izar → ‎urbanizar (“urbanize”)

• -ear

Borrowed from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -ear, which was inherited.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /iˈθaɾ/ [iˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /iˈsaɾ/ [iˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: -i‧zar

-izar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -izo, first-person singular preterite -icé, past participle -izado)

1. -ise/-ize

• “-izar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28