atalayar
Spanish, verb/atalaˈʝaɾ/
atalayar is spelled A-T-A-L-A-Y-A-R (8 letters). Atalayar is a Spanish verb meaning “to watch from a high vantage point; to survey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Registrar el campo o el mar desde una atalaya o altura, para dar aviso de lo que se descubre”.
What does atalayar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to watch from a high vantage point; to survey
- 2
to spy on
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Registrar el campo o el mar desde una atalaya o altura, para dar aviso de lo que se descubre. 2. Observar o espiar las acciones de otros.
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 atalayar
- atalayo first-person present singular
- atalayé first-person preterite singular
- atalayado participle past
- atalayando gerund
- atalayada feminine participle past
- atalayados masculine participle past
- atalayadas feminine participle past
- atalayas indicative informal present
- atalayás indicative informal present
- atalaya indicative present singular
- atalayamos first-person indicative plural
- atalayáis indicative plural present
- atalayan indicative plural present
- atalayaba first-person imperfect indicative
- atalayabas imperfect indicative second-person
- atalayábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- atalayabais imperfect indicative plural
- atalayaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atalayar?
- /atalaˈʝaɾ/
- [a.t̪a.laˈʝaɾ]
- [at̪alaˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atalayar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.