besar
Spanish, verb/beˈsaɾ/
besar is spelled B-E-S-A-R (5 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,466th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besar is a Spanish verb meaning “to kiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tocar con los labios como una muestra de amor, aprecio o respeto”.
What does besar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kiss
- 2
to kiss (each other, one another)
- 3
to make out with, to neck with
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tocar con los labios como una muestra de amor, aprecio o respeto.
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 besar
- beso first-person present singular
- besé first-person preterite singular
- besado participle past
- besando gerund
- besada feminine participle past
- besados masculine participle past
- besadas feminine participle past
- besas indicative informal present
- besás indicative informal present
- besa indicative present singular
- besamos first-person indicative plural
- besáis indicative plural present
- besan indicative plural present
- besaba first-person imperfect indicative
- besabas imperfect indicative second-person
- besábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- besabais imperfect indicative plural
- besaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce besar?
- /beˈsaɾ/
- [beˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to besar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is besar in Spanish?
besar appears 6.0 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).