auxiliar
Spanish, noun/auɡsiˈljaɾ/
auxiliar is spelled A-U-X-I-L-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,670th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auxiliar is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “assistant, attendant, steward, stewardess, aide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que cumple labores menores o de ayuda al trabajo de uno o más profesionales, como por ejemplo labores…”.
What does auxiliar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineauxiliary, ancillary
- 2
femininemasculinesubsidiary
- 3
femininemasculinesupport (e.g. support staff)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineassistant, attendant, steward, stewardess, aide
verb
- 1
to help, to aid
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar auxilio, proteger, amparar. 2. Colaborar, trabajar en ayuda de otro. 3. Ayudar a bien morir.
adjective: 1. Que sirve para ayudar o auxiliar.
noun: 1. Persona que cumple labores menores o de ayuda al trabajo de uno o más profesionales, como por ejemplo labores de aseo en un hospital.
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 auxiliar
- auxiliares feminine masculine plural
- auxilio first-person present singular
- auxilié first-person preterite singular
- auxiliado participle past
- auxiliando gerund
- auxiliada feminine participle past
- auxiliados masculine participle past
- auxiliadas feminine participle past
- auxilias indicative informal present
- auxiliás indicative informal present
- auxilia indicative present singular
- auxiliamos first-person indicative plural
- auxiliáis indicative plural present
- auxilian indicative plural present
- auxiliaba first-person imperfect indicative
- auxiliabas imperfect indicative second-person
- auxiliábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- auxiliabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auxiliar?
- /auɡsiˈljaɾ/
- [au̯ɣ̞.siˈljaɾ]
- [awksiˈljaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to auxiliar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auxiliar in Spanish?
auxiliar appears 9.1 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).