cicatrizar

From cicatriz +‎ -ar.

cicatrizar (first-person singular present cicatrizo, first-person singular preterite cicatricei, past participle cicatrizado)

1. (transitive) to cicatrize (to treat or heal a wound by causing a scar to form)
2. (intransitive) to scar; to cicatrize (of a wound: to heal forming a scar)

• cicatrización
• cicatrizante

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

From cicatriz (“scar”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: ci‧ca‧tri‧zar

cicatrizar (first-person singular present cicatrizo, first-person singular preterite cicatrizei, past participle cicatrizado)

1. (intransitive) to scar; to cicatrize (of a wound: to heal forming a scar)

   Demorou alguns meses para o corte no meu braço cicatrizar.

   It took a few months for the cut in my arm to scar.

2. (transitive) to cicatrize (to treat or heal a wound by causing a scar to form)

   Usei plantas para cicatrizar suas feridas.

   I used plants to cicatrize his wounds.

• cicatriz
• cicatrização
• cicatrizado

From cicatriz (“scar”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /θikatɾiˈθaɾ/ [θi.ka.t̪ɾiˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sikatɾiˈsaɾ/ [si.ka.t̪ɾiˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ci‧ca‧tri‧zar

cicatrizar (first-person singular present cicatrizo, first-person singular preterite cicatricé, past participle cicatrizado)

1. (transitive) to cicatrize, to heal
2. (reflexive) to scar

• “cicatrizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024