Colonizar means ‘to colonise’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (z becomes c before e): colonizo (present), colonicé (preterite), colonizado (past participle), colonizando (gerund).
Colonizar in use
Los griegos colonizaron gran parte de la costa mediterráneaThe Greeks colonised a large part of the Mediterranean coast
Algún día colonizaremos MarteOne day we will colonise Mars
Los biólogos temen que esta planta colonice el ríoBiologists fear this plant will take over the river
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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