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normalizar

to normalise

verb nohr-mah-lee-SAHR Rare
People & Society Government

Also means

to standardise

Usage Note

Normalizar means both to make something normal/routine again (normalizar la situación) and to standardise according to norms (normalizar un procedimiento). In political and social discourse it often appears as normalización of relations between countries or groups. The reflexive normalizarse means 'to return to normal.'

Examples

"El objetivo es normalizar las relaciones diplomáticas."

Natural Translation

The goal is to normalise diplomatic relations.

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