bosquejar
Spanish, verb/boskeˈxaɾ/
bosquejar is spelled B-O-S-Q-U-E-J-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 123,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bosquejar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sketch, to adumbrate (create a sketch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pintar en una superficie las figuras con su colorido, sin definir los contornos ni darles la última mano”.
What does bosquejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sketch, to adumbrate (create a sketch)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pintar en una superficie las figuras con su colorido, sin definir los contornos ni darles la última mano. 2. Dar a las figuras o bajos relieves en cera, barro, estuco u otra materia blanda, la primera mano antes de perfeccionarlas. 3. Elaborar un bosquejo.
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 bosquejar
- bosquejo first-person present singular
- bosquejé first-person preterite singular
- bosquejado participle past
- bosquejando gerund
- bosquejada feminine participle past
- bosquejados masculine participle past
- bosquejadas feminine participle past
- bosquejas indicative informal present
- bosquejás indicative informal present
- bosqueja indicative present singular
- bosquejamos first-person indicative plural
- bosquejáis indicative plural present
- bosquejan indicative plural present
- bosquejaba first-person imperfect indicative
- bosquejabas imperfect indicative second-person
- bosquejábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- bosquejabais imperfect indicative plural
- bosquejaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bosquejar?
- /boskeˈxaɾ/
- [bos.keˈxaɾ]
- [boskeˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bosquejar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bosquejar in Spanish?
bosquejar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).