catequizar

• catequisar (misspelling)
• catechizar (obsolete)

From Late Latin catēchizāre (“to teach by word of mouth”), from Ancient Greek κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to instruct orally”), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to resound, to instruct orally”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound, noise”).

• Hyphenation: ca‧te‧qui‧zar

catequizar (first-person singular present catequizo, first-person singular preterite catequizei, past participle catequizado)

1. to catechize

• catequese
• catecismo

Borrowed from Late Latin catēchizāre (“to teach by word of mouth”), from Ancient Greek κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to instruct orally”), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to resound, instruct orally”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound, noise”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /katekiˈθaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /katekiˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧te‧qui‧zar

catequizar (first-person singular present catequizo, first-person singular preterite catequicé, past participle catequizado)

1. to catechize

• “catequizar”, 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