focalize

English

Etymology

focal +‎ -ize

Verb

focalize (third-person singular simple present focalizes, present participle focalizing, simple past and past participle focalized)

1. To focus, or to adjust a focus
2. To sharpen an image by focusing
3. To concentrate on a particular location; to localize
4. (narratology) To switch to a particular perspective (focalization)

Derived terms

• focalization
• focalizer

 

Translations

to focus, or to adjust a focus

• Bulgarian: фокусирам (fokusiram)
• Dutch: focaliseren
• Russian: фокуси́ровать (ru) (fokusírovatʹ)

Portuguese

Verb

focalize

1. inflection of focalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative