alborear
Spanish, verb/alboɾeˈaɾ/
alborear is spelled A-L-B-O-R-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written Spanish, the 274,170th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alborear is a Spanish verb meaning “to dawn (to begin to brighten with daylight)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Salir el sol o producirse el alba”.
What does alborear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dawn (to begin to brighten with daylight)
- 2
to originate, to begin
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Salir el sol o producirse el alba.
verb: 1. Iniciarse algo.
verb: 1. Encontrarse al inicio de una situación o proceso.
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 alborear
- alboreo first-person present singular
- alboreé first-person preterite singular
- alboreado participle past
- alboreando gerund
- alboreada feminine participle past
- alboreados masculine participle past
- alboreadas feminine participle past
- alboreas indicative informal present
- alboreás indicative informal present
- alborea indicative present singular
- alboreamos first-person indicative plural
- alboreáis indicative plural present
- alborean indicative plural present
- alboreaba first-person imperfect indicative
- alboreabas imperfect indicative second-person
- alboreábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- alboreabais imperfect indicative plural
- alboreaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alborear?
- /alboɾeˈaɾ/
- [al.β̞o.ɾeˈaɾ]
- [alβ̞oɾeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alborear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alborear in Spanish?
alborear appears about once in every 62 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).