apellidar
Spanish, verb/apeʝiˈdaɾ/
apellidar is spelled A-P-E-L-L-I-D-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish, the 262,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apellidar is a Spanish verb meaning “to call by one's surname” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llamar o convocar a alguien”.
What does apellidar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to call by one's surname
- 2
to name, to give a name or surname to
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llamar o convocar a alguien. 2. Llamar a las armas. 3. Llamar a alguien por su apellido. 4. Poner apellidos, nombres, motes, etc.
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 apellidar
- apellido first-person present singular
- apellidé first-person preterite singular
- apellidado participle past
- apellidando gerund
- apellidada feminine participle past
- apellidados masculine participle past
- apellidadas feminine participle past
- apellidas indicative informal present
- apellidás indicative informal present
- apellida indicative present singular
- apellidamos first-person indicative plural
- apellidáis indicative plural present
- apellidan indicative plural present
- apellidaba first-person imperfect indicative
- apellidabas imperfect indicative second-person
- apellidábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- apellidabais imperfect indicative plural
- apellidaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apellidar?
- /apeʝiˈdaɾ/
- [a.pe.ʝiˈð̞aɾ]
- [apeʝiˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apellidar in Spanish?
apellidar appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).