aprestar
Spanish, verb/apɾesˈtaɾ/
aprestar is spelled A-P-R-E-S-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish, the 295,201st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aprestar is a Spanish verb meaning “to prepare, to make ready” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Preparar, hacer lo necesario para tener listo o disponible algo”.
What does aprestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prepare, to make ready
- 2
to prepare oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Preparar, hacer lo necesario para tener listo o disponible algo. 2. Preparar con goma u otros ingredientes algunos tejidos para que tomen consistencia y parezcan mejor.
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 aprestar
- apresto first-person present singular
- apresté first-person preterite singular
- aprestado participle past
- aprestando gerund
- aprestada feminine participle past
- aprestados masculine participle past
- aprestadas feminine participle past
- aprestas indicative informal present
- aprestás indicative informal present
- apresta indicative present singular
- aprestamos first-person indicative plural
- aprestáis indicative plural present
- aprestan indicative plural present
- aprestaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aprestabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aprestábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aprestabais imperfect indicative plural
- aprestaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aprestar?
- /apɾesˈtaɾ/
- [a.pɾesˈt̪aɾ]
- [apɾesˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aprestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aprestar in Spanish?
aprestar appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).