urbanizar

From urbano +‎ -izar.

• Hyphenation: ur‧ba‧ni‧zar

urbanizar (first-person singular present urbanizo, first-person singular preterite urbanizei, past participle urbanizado)

1. (transitive) to develop (bring urban infrastructure to an area)
2. (transitive) to urbanize (make something more urban in character)

• urbanização

From urbano +‎ -izar.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /uɾbaniˈθaɾ/ [uɾ.β̞a.niˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /uɾbaniˈsaɾ/ [uɾ.β̞a.niˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ur‧ba‧ni‧zar

urbanizar (first-person singular present urbanizo, first-person singular preterite urbanicé, past participle urbanizado)

1. to develop (land for building houses)
2. to urbanize

• “urbanizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014