alfabetizar

to teach to read and write

alfabetizar(ahl-fah-beh-tee-sahr)

transitive verb

1. (to instruct)

a. to teach to read and write

Lorena trabaja como voluntaria alfabetizando adultos en comunidades desfavorecidas.

Lorena works as a volunteer teaching adults in disadvantaged communities to read and write.

2. (to arrange alphabetically)

a. to alphabetize

Rachel alfabetizó todos sus libros y los acomodó en su librero nuevo.

Rachel alphabetized all her books and arranged them in her new bookcase.

b. to put in alphabetical order

Ernesto alfabetizó los archivos para encontrarlos con mayor facilidad.

Ernesto put the files in alphabetical order to find them more easily.