analfabetizar
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom analfabeto (“illiterate”) + alfabetizar (“to teach how to read and write”), or analfabeto (“illiterate”) + -izar (“-ise/ize”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /analfabetiˈθaɾ/ [a.nal.fa.β̞e.t̪iˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /analfabetiˈsaɾ/ [a.nal.fa.β̞e.t̪iˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧ti‧zar
Verb
editanalfabetizar (first-person singular present analfabetizo, first-person singular preterite analfabeticé, past participle analfabetizado)
- (transitive) to make people illiterate, unknowledgeable, uneducated, uncultured, ignorant, unlettered
- Antonym: alfabetizar
- 2010 September 10, Juan Ramón Rallo, “La alternativa liberal”, in Libertad Digital[1]:
- Es que queréis analfabetizar a las masas para que no puedan emanciparse y luchar por sus derechos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2016 May 25, Carlos Mayoral, “Abajo la ortografía: cómo acabar con la educación infantil en seis sencillos pasos”, in El Español[2]:
- Si quiere analfabetizar a sus alumnos, éste es su texto. Antes de llegar al punto final los tendrá en el punto de adoctrinamiento exacto.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2010 December 9, Marta Román, “El discurso de los analfabetos”, in Heraldo[3]:
- El discurso de los analfabetos impone analfabetizar a los niños desde pequeños.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of analfabetizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of analfabetizar (c-z alternation)
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