aplicar
Spanish, verb/apliˈkaɾ/
aplicar is spelled A-P-L-I-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,872nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aplicar is a Spanish verb meaning “to use, to apply” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner una cosa sobre o en contacto de otra”.
What does aplicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to use, to apply
El presidente aplicó medidas especiales.
- 2
to smear, to put something above another thing or in contact with another thing
Aplicó la mermelada a la tostada.
- 3
Latin-Americato apply (to submit oneself as a candidate)
- 4
to apply oneself
- 5
to apply, to hold true
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner una cosa sobre o en contacto de otra. 2. Emplear alguna cosa, o los principios o procedimientos que le son propios, para mejor conseguir un determinado fin. 3. Referir a un caso particular lo que se ha dicho en general, o a un individuo lo que se ha dicho de otro. 4. Atribuir o imputar a alguien algún hecho o dicho.
verb: 1. Presentar una solicitud para la obtención de un puesto en una empresa o institución.
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 aplicar
- aplico first-person present singular
- apliqué first-person preterite singular
- aplicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- aplicando gerund
- aplicada feminine participle past
- aplicados masculine participle past
- aplicadas feminine participle past
- aplicas indicative informal present
- aplicás indicative informal present
- aplica indicative present singular
- aplicamos first-person indicative plural
- aplicáis indicative plural present
- aplican indicative plural present
- aplicaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aplicabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aplicábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aplicabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aplicar?
- /apliˈkaɾ/
- [a.pliˈkaɾ]
- [apliˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aplicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aplicar in Spanish?
aplicar appears 29 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).