adaptar
Spanish, verb/adabˈtaɾ/
adaptar is spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,987th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adaptar is a Spanish verb meaning “to adapt, to adjust, to tailor (to make suitable)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer apto. Modificar algo para que cumpla cierto objetivo, o para que se corresponda con otra cosa”.
What does adaptar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adapt, to adjust, to tailor (to make suitable)
- 2
to adapt (to fit by alteration)
- 3
to adapt (to change so as to be adapted)
- 4
to suit, to fit
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer apto. Modificar algo para que cumpla cierto objetivo, o para que se corresponda con otra cosa.
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 adaptar
- adapto first-person present singular
- adapté first-person preterite singular
- adaptado participle past
- adaptando gerund
- adaptada feminine participle past
- adaptados masculine participle past
- adaptadas feminine participle past
- adaptas indicative informal present
- adaptás indicative informal present
- adapta indicative present singular
- adaptamos first-person indicative plural
- adaptáis indicative plural present
- adaptan indicative plural present
- adaptaba first-person imperfect indicative
- adaptabas imperfect indicative second-person
- adaptábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- adaptabais imperfect indicative plural
- adaptaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adaptar?
- /adabˈtaɾ/
- [a.ð̞aβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [að̞apˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adaptar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adaptar in Spanish?
adaptar appears 4.5 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).