nationalization: action and effect nationalize, define or stabilize. Transitive verb which may indicate the justification of the balance or the State of the bodies of unstable, as a balance that moves, a sphere that rolls, a liquid that is agitated, the hood or the flame of a lamp or a hiper-activo child, the bankruptcy, etc. Estatalizar, form in has more technical application in economic and financial affairs-related issues, for obvious reasons, the management of a company or industry is transferred into the hands of the State, through a legal intervention, such as expropriation or extinction of domain, and in many cases through a Concordat agreement to formalize or nationalize the company.