# ionizar
## Galician
### Etymology

From ión +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ioniˈθaɾ/ [i.o.niˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /ioniˈθaɾ/ [i.o.niˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (seseo) /ioniˈsaɾ/ [i.o.niˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: i‧o‧ni‧zar

### Verb

ionizar (first-person singular present ionizo, first-person singular preterite ionicei, past participle ionizado) ionizar (first-person singular present ionizo, first-person singular preterite ionizei, past participle ionizado, reintegrationist norm)
* to ionize

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Further reading

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

## Ido
### Etymology

From iono (“ion”) +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i̯oniˈzar/

### Verb

ionizar (present tense ionizas, past tense ionizis, future tense ionizos, imperative ionizez, conditional ionizus)
* to ionize

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* iontizar

### Etymology

From íon +‎ -izar in Brazilian Portuguese and from ião +‎ -izar in European Portuguese.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /jo.niˈza(ʁ)/ [jo.niˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /jo.niˈza(ʁ)/ [jo.niˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /jo.niˈza(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /jo.niˈza(ʁ)/ [jo.niˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /jo.niˈza(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ju.niˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ju.niˈzaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ju.niˈza.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: io‧ni‧zar

### Verb

ionizar (first-person singular present ionizo, first-person singular preterite ionizei, past participle ionizado)
* (chemistry, physics, transitive) to ionize
* inflection of ionizar:
** first/third-person singular future subjunctive
** first/third-person singular personal infinitive

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* desionizar
* ionização
* ionizado
* ionizador
* ionizante

### Further reading

* “ionizar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “ionizar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “ionizar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “ionizar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “ionizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From ion +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ʝoniˈθaɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝo.niˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ʝoniˈsaɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝo.niˈsaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Latin America, Philippines) /ʝoniˈsaɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝo.niˈsaɾ]
* IPA: (Argentina and Uruguay) /joniˈsaɾ/ [jo.niˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: io‧ni‧zar

### Verb

ionizar (first-person singular present ionizo, first-person singular preterite ionicé, past participle ionizado)
* (chemistry, physics, transitive) to ionize

#### 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

* desionizar
* ionización
* ionizador
* ionizante

### Further reading

* “ionizar”, 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