secularizar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom

Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éytlom

Proto-Italic *saitlom ~ *saiklom

Latin saeculum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin saeculārisbor.

Portuguese secular

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 secularizar

From secular + -izar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ku.la.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [se.ku.la.ɾiˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ku.la.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [se.ku.la.ɾiˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /se.ku.la.ɾiˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se.ku.la.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/ [se.ku.la.ɾiˈza(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /se.ku.la.ɾiˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ku.lɐ.ɾiˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ku.lɐ.ɾiˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ku.lɐ.ɾiˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: se‧cu‧la‧ri‧zar

Verb

secularizar (first-person singular present secularizo, first-person singular preterite secularizei, past participle secularizado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to secularize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of secularizar (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	secularizar
Personal	secularizar	secularizares	secularizar	secularizarmos	secularizardes	secularizarem
Gerund
	secularizando
Past participle
Masculine	secularizado			secularizados
Feminine	secularizada			secularizadas
Indicative
Present	secularizo	secularizas	seculariza	secularizamos	secularizais	secularizam
Imperfect	secularizava	secularizavas	secularizava	secularizávamos	secularizáveis	secularizavam
Preterite	secularizei	secularizaste	secularizou	secularizamos1, secularizámos2	secularizastes	secularizaram
Pluperfect	secularizara	secularizaras	secularizara	secularizáramos	secularizáreis	secularizaram
Future	secularizarei	secularizarás	secularizará	secularizaremos	secularizareis	secularizarão
Conditional	secularizaria	secularizarias	secularizaria	secularizaríamos	secularizaríeis	secularizariam
Subjunctive
Present	secularize	secularizes	secularize	secularizemos	secularizeis	secularizem
Imperfect	secularizasse	secularizasses	secularizasse	secularizássemos	secularizásseis	secularizassem
Future	secularizar	secularizares	secularizar	secularizarmos	secularizardes	secularizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		seculariza	secularize	secularizemos	secularizai	secularizem
Negative (não)		não secularizes	não secularize	não secularizemos	não secularizeis	não secularizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• secularização

Further reading

• “secularizar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “secularizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom

Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éytlom

Proto-Italic *saitlom ~ *saiklom

Latin saeculum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin saeculārisbor.

Spanish secular

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 secularizar

From secular + -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sekulaɾiˈθaɾ/ [se.ku.la.ɾiˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sekulaɾiˈsaɾ/ [se.ku.la.ɾiˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧cu‧la‧ri‧zar

Verb

secularizar (first-person singular present secularizo, first-person singular preterite secularicé, past participle secularizado)

1. to secularize
   • 2015 July 17, “El día después”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Fue Carl Schmitt el que nos advirtió de la pervivencia de lo teológico en la política, por muy secularizada que esté.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			secularizar
gerund			secularizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		secularizado		secularizada
		plural		secularizados		secularizadas
		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	secularizo	secularizastú secularizásvos	seculariza	secularizamos	secularizáis	secularizan
	imperfect	secularizaba	secularizabas	secularizaba	secularizábamos	secularizabais	secularizaban
	preterite	secularicé	secularizaste	secularizó	secularizamos	secularizasteis	secularizaron
	future	secularizaré	secularizarás	secularizará	secularizaremos	secularizaréis	secularizarán
	conditional	secularizaría	secularizarías	secularizaría	secularizaríamos	secularizaríais	secularizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	secularice	secularicestú secularicésvos2	secularice	secularicemos	secularicéis	secularicen
	imperfect (ra)	secularizara	secularizaras	secularizara	secularizáramos	secularizarais	secularizaran
	imperfect (se)	secularizase	secularizases	secularizase	secularizásemos	secularizaseis	secularizasen
	future1	secularizare	secularizares	secularizare	secularizáremos	secularizareis	secularizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		secularizatú secularizávos	secularice	secularicemos	secularizad	secularicen
	negative		no secularices	no secularice	no secularicemos	no secularicéis	no secularicen

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

    Selected combined forms of secularizar (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive secularizar	dative	secularizarme	secularizarte	secularizarle, secularizarse	secularizarnos	secularizaros	secularizarles, secularizarse
	accusative	secularizarme	secularizarte	secularizarlo, secularizarla, secularizarse	secularizarnos	secularizaros	secularizarlos, secularizarlas, secularizarse
with gerund secularizando	dative	secularizándome	secularizándote	secularizándole, secularizándose	secularizándonos	secularizándoos	secularizándoles, secularizándose
	accusative	secularizándome	secularizándote	secularizándolo, secularizándola, secularizándose	secularizándonos	secularizándoos	secularizándolos, secularizándolas, secularizándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative seculariza	dative	secularízame	secularízate	secularízale	secularízanos	not used	secularízales
	accusative	secularízame	secularízate	secularízalo, secularízala	secularízanos	not used	secularízalos, secularízalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative secularizá	dative	secularizame	secularizate	secularizale	secularizanos	not used	secularizales
	accusative	secularizame	secularizate	secularizalo, secularizala	secularizanos	not used	secularizalos, secularizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative secularice	dative	secularíceme	not used	secularícele, secularícese	secularícenos	not used	secularíceles
	accusative	secularíceme	not used	secularícelo, secularícela, secularícese	secularícenos	not used	secularícelos, secularícelas
with first-person plural imperative secularicemos	dative	not used	secularicémoste	secularicémosle	secularicémonos	secularicémoos	secularicémosles
	accusative	not used	secularicémoste	secularicémoslo, secularicémosla	secularicémonos	secularicémoos	secularicémoslos, secularicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative secularizad	dative	secularizadme	not used	secularizadle	secularizadnos	secularizaos	secularizadles
	accusative	secularizadme	not used	secularizadlo, secularizadla	secularizadnos	secularizaos	secularizadlos, secularizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative secularicen	dative	secularícenme	not used	secularícenle	secularícennos	not used	secularícenles, secularícense
	accusative	secularícenme	not used	secularícenlo, secularícenla	secularícennos	not used	secularícenlos, secularícenlas, secularícense

Derived terms

• secularización

Further reading

• “secularizar”, 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