caotizar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

French chaos

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -ique

Middle French -ique

French -ique

French chaotiquebor.

Portuguese caótico

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izārebor.

Portuguese -izar

Portuguese caotizar

From caótico + -izar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.o.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [ka.o.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.o.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [ka.o.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ka.o.t͡ʃiˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.o.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [ka.o.t͡ʃiˈza(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ka.o.t͡ʃiˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.u.tiˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.u.tiˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.u.tiˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ca‧o‧ti‧zar

Verb

caotizar (first-person singular present caotizo, first-person singular preterite caotizei, past participle caotizado)

1. (transitive) to disrupt, to cause chaos in

Conjugation

    Conjugation of caotizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	caotizar
Personal	caotizar	caotizares	caotizar	caotizarmos	caotizardes	caotizarem
Gerund
	caotizando
Past participle
Masculine	caotizado			caotizados
Feminine	caotizada			caotizadas
Indicative
Present	caotizo	caotizas	caotiza	caotizamos	caotizais	caotizam
Imperfect	caotizava	caotizavas	caotizava	caotizávamos	caotizáveis	caotizavam
Preterite	caotizei	caotizaste	caotizou	caotizamos1, caotizámos2	caotizastes	caotizaram
Pluperfect	caotizara	caotizaras	caotizara	caotizáramos	caotizáreis	caotizaram
Future	caotizarei	caotizarás	caotizará	caotizaremos	caotizareis	caotizarão
Conditional	caotizaria	caotizarias	caotizaria	caotizaríamos	caotizaríeis	caotizariam
Subjunctive
Present	caotize	caotizes	caotize	caotizemos	caotizeis	caotizem
Imperfect	caotizasse	caotizasses	caotizasse	caotizássemos	caotizásseis	caotizassem
Future	caotizar	caotizares	caotizar	caotizarmos	caotizardes	caotizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		caotiza	caotize	caotizemos	caotizai	caotizem
Negative (não)		não caotizes	não caotize	não caotizemos	não caotizeis	não caotizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• caotização

Further reading

• “caotizar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “caotizar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “caotizar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “caotizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Anagrams

• cotizara, cotizará

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish caótico

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōlbor.

Old Spanish -izar

Spanish -izar

Spanish caotizar

From caótico + -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaotiˈθaɾ/ [ka.o.t̪iˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaotiˈsaɾ/ [ka.o.t̪iˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧o‧ti‧zar

Verb

caotizar (first-person singular present caotizo, first-person singular preterite caoticé, past participle caotizado)

1. (transitive) to disrupt, to cause chaos in

Conjugation

    Conjugation of caotizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			caotizar
gerund			caotizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		caotizado		caotizada
		plural		caotizados		caotizadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	caotizo	caotizastú caotizásvos	caotiza	caotizamos	caotizáis	caotizan
	imperfect	caotizaba	caotizabas	caotizaba	caotizábamos	caotizabais	caotizaban
	preterite	caoticé	caotizaste	caotizó	caotizamos	caotizasteis	caotizaron
	future	caotizaré	caotizarás	caotizará	caotizaremos	caotizaréis	caotizarán
	conditional	caotizaría	caotizarías	caotizaría	caotizaríamos	caotizaríais	caotizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	caotice	caoticestú caoticésvos2	caotice	caoticemos	caoticéis	caoticen
	imperfect (ra)	caotizara	caotizaras	caotizara	caotizáramos	caotizarais	caotizaran
	imperfect (se)	caotizase	caotizases	caotizase	caotizásemos	caotizaseis	caotizasen
	future1	caotizare	caotizares	caotizare	caotizáremos	caotizareis	caotizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		caotizatú caotizávos	caotice	caoticemos	caotizad	caoticen
	negative		no caotices	no caotice	no caoticemos	no caoticéis	no caoticen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “caotizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• cotizara, cotizará