aguardar
Spanish, verb/aɡwaɾˈdaɾ/
aguardar is spelled A-G-U-A-R-D-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aguardar is a Spanish verb meaning “to wait” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Esperar la ocurrencia de algo”.
What does aguardar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wait
- 2
to expect
Lo aguardamos mañana a las diez.
- 3
to have in store (for), await
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Esperar la ocurrencia de algo. 2. Esperar que venga o llegue alguna persona. 3. Dar tiempo o espera a una persona, y especialmente al deudor para que pague. 4. Guardar.
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 aguardar
- aguardo first-person present singular
- aguardé first-person preterite singular
- aguardado participle past
- aguardando gerund
- aguardada feminine participle past
- aguardados masculine participle past
- aguardadas feminine participle past
- aguardas indicative informal present
- aguardás indicative informal present
- aguarda indicative present singular
- aguardamos first-person indicative plural
- aguardáis indicative plural present
- aguardan indicative plural present
- aguardaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aguardabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aguardábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aguardabais imperfect indicative plural
- aguardaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aguardar?
- /aɡwaɾˈdaɾ/
- [a.ɣ̞waɾˈð̞aɾ]
- [aɣ̞waɾˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aguardar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aguardar in Spanish?
aguardar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).