abarcar
Spanish, verb/abaɾˈkaɾ/
abarcar is spelled A-B-A-R-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abarcar is a Spanish verb meaning “to embrace (to hold with the arms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ceñir con los brazos o con la mano alguna cosa”.
What does abarcar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embrace (to hold with the arms)
- 2
to include, to encompass, to comprise, to contain, to make up; to range, to span
- 3
to take in (a sight)
- 4
to undertake, to embark upon, to take on (a task)
- 5
Latin-Americato monopolize, to corner
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ceñir con los brazos o con la mano alguna cosa. 2. Comprender o encerrar dentro de sí. 3. Tomar uno a su cargo muchas cosas o negocios a un tiempo. 4. Rodear o dar un cerco a un pedazo de monte en que se presume estar la caza.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abarcar
- abarco first-person present singular
- abarqué first-person preterite singular
- abarcado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- abarcando gerund
- abarcada feminine participle past
- abarcados masculine participle past
- abarcadas feminine participle past
- abarcas indicative informal present
- abarcás indicative informal present
- abarca indicative present singular
- abarcamos first-person indicative plural
- abarcáis indicative plural present
- abarcan indicative plural present
- abarcaba first-person imperfect indicative
- abarcabas imperfect indicative second-person
- abarcábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- abarcabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abarcar?
- /abaɾˈkaɾ/
- [a.β̞aɾˈkaɾ]
- [aβ̞aɾˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abarcar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abarcar in Spanish?
abarcar appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).