alistar
Spanish, verb/alisˈtaɾ/
alistar is spelled A-L-I-S-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,142nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alistar is a Spanish verb meaning “to recruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sentar o inscribir en lista a alguien”.
What does alistar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recruit
- 2
to enlist, to enroll
verb
- 1
to prepare, to arrange
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sentar o inscribir en lista a alguien.
verb: 1. Prevenir, aprontar, aparejar, disponer.
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 alistar
- alisto first-person present singular
- alisté first-person preterite singular
- alistado participle past
- alistando gerund
- alistada feminine participle past
- alistados masculine participle past
- alistadas feminine participle past
- alistas indicative informal present
- alistás indicative informal present
- alista indicative present singular
- alistamos first-person indicative plural
- alistáis indicative plural present
- alistan indicative plural present
- alistaba first-person imperfect indicative
- alistabas imperfect indicative second-person
- alistábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- alistabais imperfect indicative plural
- alistaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alistar?
- /alisˈtaɾ/
- [a.lisˈt̪aɾ]
- [alisˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alistar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alistar in Spanish?
alistar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).