asar
Spanish, verb/aˈsaɾ/
asar is spelled A-S-A-R (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,997th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asar is a Spanish verb meaning “to roast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cocer por convección directa del calor a través del aire, sin un medio líquido u oleoso intermediario”.
What does asar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to roast
- 2
to grill
- 3
to pester, to plague
- 4
to be roasting, to feel very hot
Me estoy asando.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cocer por convección directa del calor a través del aire, sin un medio líquido u oleoso intermediario. 2. Cocer alimento sobre una parrilla, como carne o verduras, con la acción directa del fuego. 3. Cocer un alimento en un horno.
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 asar
- aso first-person present singular
- asé first-person preterite singular
- asado participle past
- asando gerund
- asada feminine participle past
- asados masculine participle past
- asadas feminine participle past
- asas indicative informal present
- asás indicative informal present
- asa indicative present singular
- asamos first-person indicative plural
- asáis indicative plural present
- asan indicative plural present
- asaba first-person imperfect indicative
- asabas imperfect indicative second-person
- asábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- asabais imperfect indicative plural
- asaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asar?
- /aˈsaɾ/
- [aˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asar in Spanish?
asar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).