albear
Spanish, verb/albeˈaɾ/
albear is spelled A-L-B-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish, the 271,310th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Albear is a Spanish verb meaning “to whiten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner albo o blanco las paredes”.
What does albear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whiten
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner albo o blanco las paredes
verb: 1. Mostrar algo su albura. 2. Tirar en la diana.
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 albear
- albeo first-person present singular
- albeé first-person preterite singular
- albeado participle past
- albeando gerund
- albeada feminine participle past
- albeados masculine participle past
- albeadas feminine participle past
- albeas indicative informal present
- albeás indicative informal present
- albea indicative present singular
- albeamos first-person indicative plural
- albeáis indicative plural present
- albean indicative plural present
- albeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- albeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- albeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- albeabais imperfect indicative plural
- albeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce albear?
- /albeˈaɾ/
- [al.β̞eˈaɾ]
- [alβ̞eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to albear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is albear in Spanish?
albear appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).