focalizar

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fo‧ca‧li‧zar === Verb === focalizar (first-person singular present focalizo, first-person singular preterite focalizei, past participle focalizado) (transitive) to focus (to cause light to converge at a single point) (intransitive, of light rays) to converge at a single point (transitive) to focus (to adjust the lens of an optical instrument) (with em) to focus (to concentrate one’s attention) Synonyms: focar, concentrar-se ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== foco === Further reading === “focalizar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “focalizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English focalize. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fokaliˈθaɾ/ [fo.ka.liˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /fokaliˈsaɾ/ [fo.ka.liˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: fo‧ca‧li‧zar === Verb === focalizar (first-person singular present focalizo, first-person singular preterite focalicé, past participle focalizado) to focus (photography) to focus (investment) to target ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “focalizar”, 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