aparejar
Spanish, verb/apaɾeˈxaɾ/
aparejar is spelled A-P-A-R-E-J-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aparejar is a Spanish verb meaning “to harness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Preparar, prevenir, disponer”.
What does aparejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to harness
- 2
to pair up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Preparar, prevenir, disponer. 2. Poner el aparejo a las caballerías. 3. Poner la jarcia, masteleros y vergas a una embarcación, para que esté en disposición de poder navegar. 4. Preparar con los ingredientes necesarios la superficie del lienzo, tabla, etc., en que se ha de pintar.
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 aparejar
- aparejo first-person present singular
- aparejé first-person preterite singular
- aparejado participle past
- aparejando gerund
- aparejada feminine participle past
- aparejados masculine participle past
- aparejadas feminine participle past
- aparejas indicative informal present
- aparejás indicative informal present
- apareja indicative present singular
- aparejamos first-person indicative plural
- aparejáis indicative plural present
- aparejan indicative plural present
- aparejaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aparejabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aparejábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aparejabais imperfect indicative plural
- aparejaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aparejar?
- /apaɾeˈxaɾ/
- [a.pa.ɾeˈxaɾ]
- [apaɾeˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aparejar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aparejar in Spanish?
aparejar appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).