# privatizar
## Galician
### Etymology

From privatus (“privado (private) in Latin”) +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾibatiˈθaɾ/ [pɾi.β̞a.t̪iˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /pɾibatiˈθaɾ/ [pɾi.β̞a.t̪iˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (seseo) /pɾibatiˈsaɾ/ [pɾi.β̞a.t̪iˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: pri‧va‧ti‧zar

### Verb

privatizar (first-person singular present privatizo, first-person singular preterite privaticei, past participle privatizado) privatizar (first-person singular present privatizo, first-person singular preterite privatizei, past participle privatizado, reintegrationist norm)
* (economics, transitive) to privatize (release government control to private industry)
    Antonyms: estatalizar, nacionalizar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* privatización

#### Further reading

* “privatizar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “privatizar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

privatizar
* (transitive) to privatize

#### Derived terms

* privatizacion

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin prīvātus (“private”) +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾi.va.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [pɾi.va.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾi.va.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [pɾi.va.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾi.va.t͡ʃiˈza(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾi.va.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [pɾi.va.t͡ʃiˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾi.va.t͡ʃiˈza(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾi.vɐ.tiˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾi.vɐ.tiˈzaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɾi.bɐ.tiˈzaɾ/ [pɾi.βɐ.tiˈzaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾi.vɐ.tiˈza.ɾi/

### Verb

privatizar (first-person singular present privatizo, first-person singular preterite privatizei, past participle privatizado)
* (economics, transitive) to privatize (release government control to private industry)
    Antonyms: estatizar, nacionalizar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* privatização

### Further reading

* “privatizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From privatus (“privado (private) in Latin”) +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /pɾibatiˈθaɾ/ [pɾi.β̞a.t̪iˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾibatiˈsaɾ/ [pɾi.β̞a.t̪iˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pri‧va‧ti‧zar

### Verb

privatizar (first-person singular present privatizo, first-person singular preterite privaticé, past participle privatizado)
* (transitive) to privatize (release government control to private industry)
    Antonyms: estatizar, estatalizar, nacionalizar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* privatización
* privatizador

### Further reading

* “privatizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10