ascender
Spanish, verb/asθenˈdeɾ/
ascender is spelled A-S-C-E-N-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,075th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ascender is a Spanish verb meaning “to ascend, to mount, to climb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Subir o elevarse”.
What does ascender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ascend, to mount, to climb
- 2
to advance
- 3
to rise
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Subir o elevarse. 2. En una empresa u organización, alcanzar un puesto de mayor rango y responsabilidad.
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 ascender
- asciendo first-person present singular
- ascendí first-person preterite singular
- ascendido participle past
- e-ie alternation
- ascendiendo gerund
- ascendida feminine participle past
- ascendidos masculine participle past
- ascendidas feminine participle past
- asciendes indicative informal present
- ascendés indicative informal present
- asciende indicative present singular
- ascendemos first-person indicative plural
- ascendéis indicative plural present
- ascienden indicative plural present
- ascendía first-person imperfect indicative
- ascendías imperfect indicative second-person
- ascendíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ascendíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ascender?
- /asθenˈdeɾ/
- [as.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- /asenˈdeɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ascender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ascender in Spanish?
ascender appears 4.0 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).