borrar
Spanish, verb/boˈraɾ/
borrar is spelled B-O-R-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,594th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to erase, to delete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que desaparezca lo escrito, trazado o pintado con una goma, borrador u otro material”.
What does borrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to erase, to delete
Coordinate term: tachar (“to cross out”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que desaparezca lo escrito, trazado o pintado con una goma, borrador u otro material. 2. Tachar lo escrito para indicar que no es válido. 3. Hacer que algo desaparezca. 4. Desaparecer el recuerdo de algo.
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 borrar
- borro first-person present singular
- borré first-person preterite singular
- borrado participle past
- borrando gerund
- borrada feminine participle past
- borrados masculine participle past
- borradas feminine participle past
- borras indicative informal present
- borrás indicative informal present
- borra indicative present singular
- borramos first-person indicative plural
- borráis indicative plural present
- borran indicative plural present
- borraba first-person imperfect indicative
- borrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- borrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- borrabais imperfect indicative plural
- borraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borrar?
- /boˈraɾ/
- [boˈraɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to borrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is borrar in Spanish?
borrar appears 13 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).