catequizar

• catechizar

Derived from Latin catechizare, from Ancient Greek κατηχίζω (katēkhízō), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to teach (orally)”)

catequizar

1. to catechize

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 159

• catequisar (misspelling)
• catechizar (obsolete)

Learned borrowing 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

• “catequizar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “catequizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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): /katekiˈθaɾ/ [ka.t̪e.kiˈθaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /katekiˈsaɾ/ [ka.t̪e.kiˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025