Verb
socialize (third-person singular simple present socializes, present participle socializing, simple past and past participle socialized)
- (intransitive) To interact with others
- (transitive) To instruct somebody, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society
- (transitive) To take something into collective or governmental ownership
Translations
to interact with others
- Afrikaans: sosialiseer
- Bulgarian: общувам (bg) (obštuvam)
- Cherokee: ᎨᎳᏗᏙᎭ (geladidoha)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 與/与 (zh) (yǔ) / (with) 交往 (zh) (jiāowǎng), 交際/交际 (zh) (jiāojì), 應酬/应酬 (zh) (yìngchou)
- Finnish: seurustella (fi)
- French: fréquenter des gens, voir des gens
- Galician: socializar, sociabilizar
- German: gesellig sein (de)
- Japanese: 付き合う (ja) (つきあう, tsukiau), 社交的にする (ja) (しゃこうてきにする, shakōteki ni suru), 交際する (ja) (こうさいする, kōsai suru), 応対する (ja) (おうたいする, ōtai suru)
- Maori: tautūtakitaki, whakahoahoa, takahoahoa, taunekeneke
- Portuguese: socializar (pt), sociabilizar
- Romanian: socializa (ro)
- Russian: обща́ться (ru) (obščátʹsja), води́ться (ru) (vodítʹsja) (often of children)
- Spanish: socializar (es), sociabilizar (es)
- Swedish: umgås (sv)
- Tagalog: saulnungin
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to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society
to take into collective or governmental ownership