adaptarse
Spanish, verb[að̞apˈt̪aɾse]
adaptarse is spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-R-S-E (9 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,416th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adaptarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of adaptar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacerse apto. Modificarse para cumplir cierto objetivo, o para corresponderse con otra cosa”.
What does adaptarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of adaptar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacerse apto. Modificarse para cumplir cierto objetivo, o para corresponderse con otra cosa. 2. Referido a personas o a seres vivos, modificar el propio comportamiento o las propias características para responder mejor, sobrevivir o tener éxito en determinadas condiciones o circunstancias.
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 adaptarse
- haberse adaptado impersonal infinitive
- adaptándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose adaptado impersonal gerund
- adaptado impersonal participle
- me adapto first-person singular indicative
- te adaptas second-person singular indicative
- te adaptás second-person singular vos-form
- se adapta third-person singular indicative
- nos adaptamos first-person plural indicative
- os adaptáis second-person plural indicative
- se adaptan third-person plural indicative
- me adaptaba first-person singular indicative
- te adaptabas second-person singular indicative
- se adaptaba third-person singular indicative
- nos adaptábamos first-person plural indicative
- os adaptabais second-person plural indicative
- se adaptaban third-person plural indicative
- me adapté first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adaptarse?
- [að̞apˈt̪aɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adaptarse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adaptarse in Spanish?
adaptarse appears 6.9 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).