aprovechar
Spanish, verb/apɾobeˈt͡ʃaɾ/
aprovechar is spelled A-P-R-O-V-E-C-H-A-R (10 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,767th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aprovechar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make use of, to make the most of, to get the most out of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tomar ventaja. No desperdiciar una oportunidad”.
What does aprovechar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make use of, to make the most of, to get the most out of
Aprovecha el tiempo.
- 2
to take advantage of, to leverage
- 3
to be useful, to profit (someone)
- 4
to improve
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tomar ventaja. No desperdiciar una oportunidad.
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 aprovechar
- aprovecho first-person present singular
- aproveché first-person preterite singular
- aprovechado participle past
- aprovechando gerund
- aprovechada feminine participle past
- aprovechados masculine participle past
- aprovechadas feminine participle past
- aprovechas indicative informal present
- aprovechás indicative informal present
- aprovecha indicative present singular
- aprovechamos first-person indicative plural
- aprovecháis indicative plural present
- aprovechan indicative plural present
- aprovechaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aprovechabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aprovechábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aprovechabais imperfect indicative plural
- aprovechaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aprovechar?
- /apɾobeˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [a.pɾo.β̞eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aprovechar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aprovechar in Spanish?
aprovechar appears 21 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).