afirmar
Spanish, verb/afiɾˈmaɾ/
afirmar is spelled A-F-I-R-M-A-R (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,633rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afirmar is a Spanish verb meaning “to state, assert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresar algo de forma firme o segura”.
What does afirmar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to state, assert
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Expresar algo de forma firme o segura. 2. Dar firmeza o seguridad; poner firme, fuerte, seguro, fijo. 3. Hacer una aserción positiva. Responder con afirmación, diciendo que sí.
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 afirmar
- afirmo first-person present singular
- afirmé first-person preterite singular
- afirmado participle past
- afirmando gerund
- afirmada feminine participle past
- afirmados masculine participle past
- afirmadas feminine participle past
- afirmas indicative informal present
- afirmás indicative informal present
- afirma indicative present singular
- afirmamos first-person indicative plural
- afirmáis indicative plural present
- afirman indicative plural present
- afirmaba first-person imperfect indicative
- afirmabas imperfect indicative second-person
- afirmábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- afirmabais imperfect indicative plural
- afirmaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afirmar?
- /afiɾˈmaɾ/
- [a.fiɾˈmaɾ]
- [afiɾˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afirmar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afirmar in Spanish?
afirmar appears 11 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).