aspar
Spanish, verb/asˈpaɾ/
aspar is spelled A-S-P-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 155,407th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aspar is a Spanish verb meaning “to reel; wind up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer madeja el hilo en el aspa”.
What does aspar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reel; wind up
- 2
to crucify (torture or execute on a cross)
- 3
to vex; bother; wind up; get someone's goat
Que me aspen si...
- 4
to get wound up
- 5
to bust one's butt; to make great effort
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer madeja el hilo en el aspa. 2. Mortificar o dar que sentir a alguno. 3. Fijar o clavar en un aspa a una persona, como suplicio de muerte.
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 aspar
- aspo first-person present singular
- aspé first-person preterite singular
- aspado participle past
- aspando gerund
- aspada feminine participle past
- aspados masculine participle past
- aspadas feminine participle past
- aspas indicative informal present
- aspás indicative informal present
- aspa indicative present singular
- aspamos first-person indicative plural
- aspáis indicative plural present
- aspan indicative plural present
- aspaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aspabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aspábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aspabais imperfect indicative plural
- aspaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aspar?
- /asˈpaɾ/
- [asˈpaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aspar in Spanish?
aspar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).