actuar
Spanish, verb/aɡˈtwaɾ/
actuar is spelled A-C-T-U-A-R (6 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,079th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Actuar is a Spanish verb meaning “to act, to behave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Entrar en actividad, poner en ejecución”.
What does actuar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to act, to behave
actuar con moderación
- 2
to act, to perform
- 3
to actuate
- 4
to litigate, to sue
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entrar en actividad, poner en ejecución. 2. Asimilar una verdad, enterarse de algo. 3. Incorporar al organismo una sustancia ingerida.
verb: 1. Producir un resultado o efecto. 2. Ejercer una actividad, función o cargo. 3. Interpretar un papel en el teatro o cine. 4. Dar una representación artística.
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 actuar
- actúo first-person present singular
- actué first-person preterite singular
- actuado participle past
- u-ú alternation
- actuando gerund
- actuada feminine participle past
- actuados masculine participle past
- actuadas feminine participle past
- actúas indicative informal present
- actuás indicative informal present
- actúa indicative present singular
- actuamos first-person indicative plural
- actuáis indicative plural present
- actúan indicative plural present
- actuaba first-person imperfect indicative
- actuabas imperfect indicative second-person
- actuábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- actuabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce actuar?
- /aɡˈtwaɾ/
- [aɣ̞ˈt̪waɾ]
- /aɡtuˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to actuar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is actuar in Spanish?
actuar appears 42 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).