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asimilar

Spanish, verb/asimiˈlaɾ/

asimilar is spelled A-S-I-M-I-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,619th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asimilar is a Spanish verb meaning “to assimilate, to absorb, to take in, to digest, to grasp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer semejante, comparable”.

What does asimilar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to assimilate, to absorb, to take in, to digest, to grasp

  2. 2

    to sink in, to wrap one's head around

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Hacer semejante, comparable. 2. Hacer equivalente. 3. Apropiarse, digerir. 4. Comprender completamente.

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 asimilar

  • asimilo first-person present singular
  • asimilé first-person preterite singular
  • asimilado participle past
  • asimilando gerund
  • asimilada feminine participle past
  • asimilados masculine participle past
  • asimiladas feminine participle past
  • asimilas indicative informal present
  • asimilás indicative informal present
  • asimila indicative present singular
  • asimilamos first-person indicative plural
  • asimiláis indicative plural present
  • asimilan indicative plural present
  • asimilaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • asimilabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • asimilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • asimilabais imperfect indicative plural
  • asimilaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce asimilar?

  • /asimiˈlaɾ/
  • [a.si.miˈlaɾ]
  • [asimiˈlaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to asimilar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is asimilar in Spanish?

asimilar appears 2.9 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).

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