solemnizar

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin solemnizāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /solemniˈθaɾ/ [so.lẽm.niˈθaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /solemniˈsaɾ/ [so.lẽm.niˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: so‧lem‧ni‧zar

Verb

solemnizar (first-person singular present solemnizo, first-person singular preterite solemnicé, past participle solemnizado)

  1. to solemnize (to make solemn or official)
    • 2015 September 18, “Cataluña extrema (y V)”, in El País[1]:
      Y los negocios que antaño solemnizaban el estraperlo podrían declararse en peligro de derrumbe.
      And the businesses that used to solemnize the bootlegging business could be declared in danger of collapse.
  2. to celebrate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • solemnizador

Further reading