realizar

realizar

1. to realize; to carry out

realizar (first-person singular present realizo, first-person singular preterite realizei, past participle realizado)

1. to realize, execute, carry out, put into practice

For quotations using this term, see Citations:realizar.

• realizador

From real +‎ -izar.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /realiˈθaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /realiˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧a‧li‧zar

realizar (first-person singular present realizo, first-person singular preterite realicé, past participle realizado)

1. to carry out, to perform, to conduct, to implement (e.g. a change, a task, project, plan, inspection, experiment, procedures)

   realizar una encuesta ― to conduct a survey

2. to make real, to realize (bring about)
3. to fulfil, to achieve, to accomplish
4. to make (e.g. a profit, a purchase, a visit, a trip)
5. to produce, to make (e.g. a film)
6. to engage in (e.g. an activity, work, exercise)
7. (Belize) to realize (come to comprehend)^[1]

• Realizar is a false friend, and does not mean realize in the sense of to suddenly understand. The Spanish word for realize in that sense is darse cuenta.

• “realizar”, 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