avisar
Spanish, verb/abiˈsaɾ/
avisar is spelled A-V-I-S-A-R (6 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,631st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avisar is a Spanish verb meaning “to tell, tip off, notify, inform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar noticia de alguna cosa”.
What does avisar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tell, tip off, notify, inform
- 2
to warn
- 3
to ask for the services of (a professional)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar noticia de alguna cosa. 2. Advertir, aconsejar. 3. Notar, observar. 4. Instruirse.
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 avisar
- aviso first-person present singular
- avisé first-person preterite singular
- avisado participle past
- avisando gerund
- avisada feminine participle past
- avisados masculine participle past
- avisadas feminine participle past
- avisas indicative informal present
- avisás indicative informal present
- avisa indicative present singular
- avisamos first-person indicative plural
- avisáis indicative plural present
- avisan indicative plural present
- avisaba first-person imperfect indicative
- avisabas imperfect indicative second-person
- avisábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- avisabais imperfect indicative plural
- avisaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avisar?
- /abiˈsaɾ/
- [a.β̞iˈsaɾ]
- [aβ̞iˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avisar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avisar in Spanish?
avisar appears 7.8 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).