babear
Spanish, verb/babeˈaɾ/
babear is spelled B-A-B-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babear is a Spanish verb meaning “to drool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Echar baba”.
What does babear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drool
- 2
to beslaver
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Echar baba. 2. Obsequiar a una mujer con demostraciones de excesivo rendimiento.
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 babear
- babeo first-person present singular
- babeé first-person preterite singular
- babeado participle past
- babeando gerund
- babeada feminine participle past
- babeados masculine participle past
- babeadas feminine participle past
- babeas indicative informal present
- babeás indicative informal present
- babea indicative present singular
- babeamos first-person indicative plural
- babeáis indicative plural present
- babean indicative plural present
- babeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- babeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- babeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- babeabais imperfect indicative plural
- babeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce babear?
- /babeˈaɾ/
- [ba.β̞eˈaɾ]
- [baβ̞eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to babear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is babear in Spanish?
babear appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).