ansiar
Spanish, verb/anˈsjaɾ/
ansiar is spelled A-N-S-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 121,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ansiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to wish, long for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sentir un deseo intenso o nostálgico por algo; desear algo con ansia”.
What does ansiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wish, long for
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sentir un deseo intenso o nostálgico por algo; desear algo con ansia.
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 ansiar
- ansío first-person present singular
- ansié first-person preterite singular
- ansiado participle past
- i-í alternation
- ansiando gerund
- ansiada feminine participle past
- ansiados masculine participle past
- ansiadas feminine participle past
- ansías indicative informal present
- ansiás indicative informal present
- ansía indicative present singular
- ansiamos first-person indicative plural
- ansiáis indicative plural present
- ansían indicative plural present
- ansiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ansiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ansiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ansiabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ansiar?
- /anˈsjaɾ/
- [ãnˈsjaɾ]
- [ãnsiˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ansiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ansiar in Spanish?
ansiar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).