Polyglot Dictionary

agilizar

/aʒiliˈzaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
agilizo
preterite (eu)
agilizei
past participle
agilizado

Meaning

  1. to speed up

    • Agilizaram o processo.

      They sped up the process.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

acelerar

acelerar is more literal, to physically speed up, like accelerating a car; agilizar is more about making a process more efficient or streamlined, like a bureaucratic process.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

acelerar

acelerar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to speed up."

Spanish

agilizar

agilizar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to speed up."

Practice

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