adornar
Spanish, verb/adoɾˈnaɾ/
adornar is spelled A-D-O-R-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adornar is a Spanish verb meaning “to adorn, to ornament, to decorate, to garnish, to embellish, to dress, to bedeck, to deck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Engalanar, embellecer con adornos”.
What does adornar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adorn, to ornament, to decorate, to garnish, to embellish, to dress, to bedeck, to deck
- 2
to trim (e.g. a Christmas tree)
- 3
colloquialrareto cheat on someone
- 4
slangto buy off; to bribe
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Engalanar, embellecer con adornos. 2. Servir para embellecer. 3. Describir a una persona atribuyéndole virtudes o características positivas. 4. Enaltecer los atributos o características a una persona.
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 adornar
- adorno first-person present singular
- adorné first-person preterite singular
- adornado participle past
- adornando gerund
- adornada feminine participle past
- adornados masculine participle past
- adornadas feminine participle past
- adornas indicative informal present
- adornás indicative informal present
- adorna indicative present singular
- adornamos first-person indicative plural
- adornáis indicative plural present
- adornan indicative plural present
- adornaba first-person imperfect indicative
- adornabas imperfect indicative second-person
- adornábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- adornabais imperfect indicative plural
- adornaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adornar?
- /adoɾˈnaɾ/
- [a.ð̞oɾˈnaɾ]
- [að̞oɾˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adornar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adornar in Spanish?
adornar appears 1.1 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).