balancear
Spanish, verb/balanθeˈaɾ/
balancear is spelled B-A-L-A-N-C-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balancear is a Spanish verb meaning “to balance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner en equilibrio o igualar una cosa con otra en la balanza”.
What does balancear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to balance
- 2
to swing, to rock, to sway
- 3
to roll (plane or ship)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner en equilibrio o igualar una cosa con otra en la balanza. 2. Contrayéndose a las cuadernas, ratificar la situación de las ya colocadas, de manera que el eje imaginario que pasa por el centro de todas ellas, coincida exactamente con un plano vertical que divida por el medio de la quilla en sentido longitudinal.
verb: 1. Dar o hacer balances; moverse con balances, como el péndulo del reloj. 2. Dudar, estar perplejo en la resolución de alguna cosa. 3. Equilibrar las cuentas y saldarlas. 4. Dar o hacer balances, tomar el buque un movimiento de oscilación parecida al de la cuna en que se mece un niño.
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 balancear
- balanceo first-person present singular
- balanceé first-person preterite singular
- balanceado participle past
- balanceando gerund
- balanceada feminine participle past
- balanceados masculine participle past
- balanceadas feminine participle past
- balanceas indicative informal present
- balanceás indicative informal present
- balancea indicative present singular
- balanceamos first-person indicative plural
- balanceáis indicative plural present
- balancean indicative plural present
- balanceaba first-person imperfect indicative
- balanceabas imperfect indicative second-person
- balanceábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- balanceabais imperfect indicative plural
- balanceaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balancear?
- /balanθeˈaɾ/
- [ba.lãn̟.θeˈaɾ]
- /balanseˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balancear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balancear in Spanish?
balancear appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).