arrabalizar
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /arabaliˈθaɾ/ [a.ra.β̞a.liˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /arabaliˈsaɾ/ [a.ra.β̞a.liˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧rra‧ba‧li‧zar
Verb
arrabalizar (first-person singular present arrabalizo, first-person singular preterite arrabalicé, past participle arrabalizado)
- (Dominican Republic) of a city, to expand in a haphazard way with shoddy or cheap construction; to suburbanize
- 2016 November, “La Paola no ha llegado (“Laura ya no vive aquí”)”, in Listin Diario[1]:
- Desconfiamos los unos de los otros en el barrio, el residencial, la torre o la esquina, mientras el país se arrabaliza institucionalmente y si lo duda, mire hacia el semáforo de su esquina.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of arrabalizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)