apelar
Spanish, verb/apeˈlaɾ/
apelar is spelled A-P-E-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,524th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apelar is a Spanish verb meaning “to appeal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Protestar una decisión ante un tercero”.
What does apelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to appeal
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Protestar una decisión ante un tercero. 2. Hacer un llamado en contra de una idea establecida. 3. Mostrar desacuerdo ante una sentencia o sanción por considerarse injusta o desproporcionada.
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 apelar
- apelo first-person present singular
- apelé first-person preterite singular
- apelado participle past
- apelando gerund
- apelada feminine participle past
- apelados masculine participle past
- apeladas feminine participle past
- apelas indicative informal present
- apelás indicative informal present
- apela indicative present singular
- apelamos first-person indicative plural
- apeláis indicative plural present
- apelan indicative plural present
- apelaba first-person imperfect indicative
- apelabas imperfect indicative second-person
- apelábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- apelabais imperfect indicative plural
- apelaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apelar?
- /apeˈlaɾ/
- [a.peˈlaɾ]
- [apeˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apelar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apelar in Spanish?
apelar appears 3.8 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).