blanquear
Spanish, verb/blankeˈaɾ/
blanquear is spelled B-L-A-N-Q-U-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,880th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blanquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to bleach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tornar algo de color blanco o más claro, especialmente una prenda de vestir”.
What does blanquear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bleach
- 2
to whiten; to turn white
Mi cabello blanqueó.
- 3
to whitewash
- 4
to win without allowing rival to get points
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tornar algo de color blanco o más claro, especialmente una prenda de vestir. 2. Precisar, aclarar en un asunto o negocio aquellos aspectos o cuestiones que no aparecen bien determinados.
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 blanquear
- blanqueo first-person present singular
- blanqueé first-person preterite singular
- blanqueado participle past
- blanqueando gerund
- blanqueada feminine participle past
- blanqueados masculine participle past
- blanqueadas feminine participle past
- blanqueas indicative informal present
- blanqueás indicative informal present
- blanquea indicative present singular
- blanqueamos first-person indicative plural
- blanqueáis indicative plural present
- blanquean indicative plural present
- blanqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
- blanqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
- blanqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- blanqueabais imperfect indicative plural
- blanqueaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blanquear?
- /blankeˈaɾ/
- [blãŋ.keˈaɾ]
- [blãŋkeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to blanquear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blanquear in Spanish?
blanquear appears 1.4 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).