localizar

/lokaliˈθaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to localize, locate

📍 localizar = local + -izar: to put a place on it, to locate

From Latin locus, place, via local. Add the verb ending -izar (like English -ize) and you get localize: pin down where something is. Same root as local, location and locomotive.

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