# polarizar
## Galician
### Verb

polarizar (first-person singular present polarizo, first-person singular preterite polaricei, past participle polarizado) polarizar (first-person singular present polarizo, first-person singular preterite polarizei, past participle polarizado, reintegrationist norm)
* to polarize

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “polarizar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Occitan
### Etymology

polar +‎ -izar

### Verb

polarizar
* to polarize

#### Derived terms

* polarizacion
* polarizant

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 539.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From polar +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /po.la.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [po.la.ɾiˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /po.la.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [po.la.ɾiˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /po.la.ɾiˈza(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /po.la.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [po.la.ɾiˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /po.la.ɾiˈza(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pu.lɐ.ɾiˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pu.lɐ.ɾiˈzaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pu.lɐ.ɾiˈza.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: po‧la‧ri‧zar

### Verb

polarizar (first-person singular present polarizo, first-person singular preterite polarizei, past participle polarizado) (transitive)
* (physics) to polarize (develop electric charge on the surface of neutral dielectrics by the action of an electric field)
* (figuratively) to attract (concentrate on oneself)
* (figuratively) to enthuse, galvanize
* (figuratively) to polarize (divide around opposite poles)

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “polarizar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “polarizar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “polarizar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “polarizar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “polarizar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “polarizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From polar +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /polaɾiˈθaɾ/ [po.la.ɾiˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /polaɾiˈsaɾ/ [po.la.ɾiˈsaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: po‧la‧ri‧zar

### Verb

polarizar (first-person singular present polarizo, first-person singular preterite polaricé, past participle polarizado)
* to polarize, polarise
* to concentrate

#### 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

* despolarizar
* polarización

### Further reading

* “polarizar”, 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