admirar
Spanish, verb/admiˈɾaɾ/
admirar is spelled A-D-M-I-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,858th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Admirar is a Spanish verb meaning “to admire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mirar con encanto”.
What does admirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to admire
Admiraba el trabajo de su amigo
- 2
to be admirable
Me admira tu paciencia
- 3
to be amazed
Se admiraron de su resistencia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mirar con encanto. 2. Tener en muy alta consideración. 3. Causar sorpresa la vista o consideración de una cosa extraordinaria o inesperada.
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 admirar
- admiro first-person present singular
- admiré first-person preterite singular
- admirado participle past
- admirando gerund
- admirada feminine participle past
- admirados masculine participle past
- admiradas feminine participle past
- admiras indicative informal present
- admirás indicative informal present
- admira indicative present singular
- admiramos first-person indicative plural
- admiráis indicative plural present
- admiran indicative plural present
- admiraba first-person imperfect indicative
- admirabas imperfect indicative second-person
- admirábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- admirabais imperfect indicative plural
- admiraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce admirar?
- /admiˈɾaɾ/
- [að̞.miˈɾaɾ]
- [að̞miˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to admirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is admirar in Spanish?
admirar appears 4.1 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).