apagar
Spanish, verb/apaˈɡaɾ/
apagar is spelled A-P-A-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,486th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apagar is a Spanish verb meaning “to extinguish (a flame, fire), to douse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que un aparato electrónico deje de estar encendido”.
What does apagar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extinguish (a flame, fire), to douse
- 2
obsoleteto satisfy
- 3
quench, slake (thirst, etc.)
- 4
to shut off, to turn off, to switch off, to shut down, to power off
Apaga las luces. Quiero dormir.
- 5
to shut off, to turn off, to switch off, to shut down, to power off
- 6
to put out, to stub out (e.g., cigarette)
- 7
to blow out (e.g., a candle), to snuff or snuff out (e.g., a torch)
- 8
to fade; to wane
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que un aparato electrónico deje de estar encendido.
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 apagar
- apago first-person present singular
- apagué first-person preterite singular
- apagado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- apagando gerund
- apagada feminine participle past
- apaga Uruguay feminine participle
- apagados masculine participle past
- apagos Uruguay masculine participle
- apagadas feminine participle past
- apagas Uruguay feminine participle
- apagás indicative informal present
- apagamos first-person indicative plural
- apagáis indicative plural present
- apagan indicative plural present
- apagaba first-person imperfect indicative
- apagabas imperfect indicative second-person
- apagábamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apagar?
- /apaˈɡaɾ/
- [a.paˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [apaˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apagar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apagar in Spanish?
apagar appears 7.9 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).