atizar

• tizar

From Vulgar Latin *attītiāre, derived from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”). Compare Portuguese atiçar, Spanish atizar.

• IPA^(key): , (western)

atizar (first-person singular present atizo, first-person singular preterite aticei, past participle atizado)

1. (transitive) to rekindle, stoke, intensify (a fire)

   Synonym: avivar

2. (transitive) to fuel (a fire)
3. (transitive, figurative) to enliven, intensify

   Synonym: avivar

4. (transitive) to poke, stoke

   Synonym: zoscar

• tizón

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atizar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atizar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “atizar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *attītiāre, derived from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”). Compare Portuguese atiçar.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /atiˈθaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /atiˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ti‧zar

atizar (first-person singular present atizo, first-person singular preterite aticé, past participle atizado)

1. (transitive) to stir, fan, poke, rouse, stoke

   atizar el fuego ― stoke the fire

   atizar la pasión ― stir up passion

   atizar la cólera ― rouse anger

   atizar el odio ― stir hate

   • 2009, Fernando Berríos, Jorge Costadoat, Diego García, Catolicismo social chileno: Desarrollo, crisis y actualidad:

     el socialismo, que atiza el odio contra los ricos y quiere suprimir la propiedad privada

     socialism, which stirs up hate for the rich, and wants to suppress private property

2. (transitive, pronominal, colloquial) to gorge oneself on; to fill up with

   Se atizaron varios pollos.

   They gorged themselves on several chickens.

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