afeitar
Spanish, verb/afeiˈtaɾ/
afeitar is spelled A-F-E-I-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afeitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shave (to remove hair with a razor or clippers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Rasurar el bigote, barba o pelo de cualquier parte del cuerpo”.
What does afeitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shave (to remove hair with a razor or clippers)
- 2
obsoleteto groom
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rasurar el bigote, barba o pelo de cualquier parte del cuerpo. 2. Cortar a una caballería las crines o emparejar las puntas de la cola. 3. Quitar las ramas y hojas que sobran de una planta de jardín. 4. Embellecer, arreglar o hermosear, una persona su apariencia.
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 afeitar
- afeito first-person present singular
- afeité first-person preterite singular
- afeitado participle past
- afeitando gerund
- afeitada feminine participle past
- afeitados masculine participle past
- afeitadas feminine participle past
- afeitas indicative informal present
- afeitás indicative informal present
- afeita indicative present singular
- afeitamos first-person indicative plural
- afeitáis indicative plural present
- afeitan indicative plural present
- afeitaba first-person imperfect indicative
- afeitabas imperfect indicative second-person
- afeitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- afeitabais imperfect indicative plural
- afeitaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afeitar?
- /afeiˈtaɾ/
- [a.fei̯ˈt̪aɾ]
- [afejˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afeitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afeitar in Spanish?
afeitar appears 1.7 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).