Usage Note
Polarizar means to polarize, either in a physical/optical sense or, more commonly today, in a social and political sense (to divide into two sharply opposed groups). The related adjective is polarizado and the noun is polarización. It is conjugated like other -zar verbs: the z changes to c before e (so the first-person preterite is polaricé).
Examples
"El debate polarizó a la sociedad en dos bandos."
Natural Translation
The debate polarized society into two camps.
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