inicializar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ni.si.a.liˈza(ʁ)/ [i.ni.sɪ.a.liˈza(h)], (faster pronunciation) /i.ni.sja.liˈza(ʁ)/ [i.ni.sja.liˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /i.ni.si.a.liˈza(ɾ)/ [i.ni.sɪ.a.liˈza(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /i.ni.sja.liˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /i.ni.si.a.liˈza(ʁ)/ [i.ni.sɪ.a.liˈza(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /i.ni.sja.liˈza(ʁ)/ [i.ni.sja.liˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ni.si.a.liˈza(ɻ)/ [i.ni.sɪ.a.liˈza(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /i.ni.sja.liˈza(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.ni.sjɐ.liˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.ni.sjɐ.liˈza.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ci‧a‧li‧zar
Verb
inicializar (first-person singular present inicializo, first-person singular preterite inicializei, past participle inicializado)
- (transitive, informal) to initialize
- Synonym: iniciar
Conjugation
Conjugation of inicializar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “inicializar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “inicializar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “inicializar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “inicializar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “inicializar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From inicial + -izar, a calque of English initialize.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iniθjaliˈθaɾ/ [i.ni.θja.liˈθaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /inisjaliˈsaɾ/ [i.ni.sja.liˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: i‧ni‧cia‧li‧zar
Verb
inicializar (first-person singular present inicializo, first-person singular preterite inicialicé, past participle inicializado)
- (transitive, informal) to initialize
- (transitive, informal) to start up
Conjugation
Conjugation of inicializar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of inicializar (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 inicializar | dative | inicializarme | inicializarte | inicializarle, inicializarse | inicializarnos | inicializaros | inicializarles, inicializarse |
| accusative | inicializarme | inicializarte | inicializarlo, inicializarla, inicializarse | inicializarnos | inicializaros | inicializarlos, inicializarlas, inicializarse | |
| with gerund inicializando | dative | inicializándome | inicializándote | inicializándole, inicializándose | inicializándonos | inicializándoos | inicializándoles, inicializándose |
| accusative | inicializándome | inicializándote | inicializándolo, inicializándola, inicializándose | inicializándonos | inicializándoos | inicializándolos, inicializándolas, inicializándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative inicializa | dative | inicialízame | inicialízate | inicialízale | inicialízanos | not used | inicialízales |
| accusative | inicialízame | inicialízate | inicialízalo, inicialízala | inicialízanos | not used | inicialízalos, inicialízalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative inicializá | dative | inicializame | inicializate | inicializale | inicializanos | not used | inicializales |
| accusative | inicializame | inicializate | inicializalo, inicializala | inicializanos | not used | inicializalos, inicializalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative inicialice | dative | inicialíceme | not used | inicialícele, inicialícese | inicialícenos | not used | inicialíceles |
| accusative | inicialíceme | not used | inicialícelo, inicialícela, inicialícese | inicialícenos | not used | inicialícelos, inicialícelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative inicialicemos | dative | not used | inicialicémoste | inicialicémosle | inicialicémonos | inicialicémoos | inicialicémosles |
| accusative | not used | inicialicémoste | inicialicémoslo, inicialicémosla | inicialicémonos | inicialicémoos | inicialicémoslos, inicialicémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative inicializad | dative | inicializadme | not used | inicializadle | inicializadnos | inicializaos | inicializadles |
| accusative | inicializadme | not used | inicializadlo, inicializadla | inicializadnos | inicializaos | inicializadlos, inicializadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative inicialicen | dative | inicialícenme | not used | inicialícenle | inicialícennos | not used | inicialícenles, inicialícense |
| accusative | inicialícenme | not used | inicialícenlo, inicialícenla | inicialícennos | not used | inicialícenlos, inicialícenlas, inicialícense | |
Further reading
- “inicializar”, 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