organizar

/oɾɡaniˈθaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to organize

🗂️ organizar = organ + -izar: same word as English organize, with -izar for -ize

From Greek organon, meaning tool or instrument, the same root as organ. To organize is to arrange parts so they work together like one instrument. Spanish -izar verbs map onto English -ize: realizar, utilizar, organizar.

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