alargar
Spanish, verb/alaɾˈɡaɾ/
alargar is spelled A-L-A-R-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alargar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lengthen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar más longitud a una cosa”.
What does alargar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lengthen
- 2
to stretch, to extend
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar más longitud a una cosa. 2. Prolongar una cosa; hacer que dure más tiempo. 3. Alcanzar algo y darle a otro que está apartado. 4. Dar cuerda o ir soltando poco a poco algún cabo, maroma u otra cosa semejante, hasta que llegue a la medida necesaria.
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 alargar
- alargo first-person present singular
- alargué first-person preterite singular
- alargado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- alargando gerund
- alargada feminine participle past
- alargados masculine participle past
- alargadas feminine participle past
- alargas indicative informal present
- alargás indicative informal present
- alarga indicative present singular
- alargamos first-person indicative plural
- alargáis indicative plural present
- alargan indicative plural present
- alargaba first-person imperfect indicative
- alargabas imperfect indicative second-person
- alargábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- alargabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alargar?
- /alaɾˈɡaɾ/
- [a.laɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [alaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alargar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alargar in Spanish?
alargar appears 2.0 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).