bostezar
Spanish, verb/bosteˈθaɾ/
bostezar is spelled B-O-S-T-E-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bostezar is a Spanish verb meaning “to yawn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emitir un bostezo, acto reflejo que consiste en abrir la boca ampliamente, inspirar profundamente y espirar…”.
What does bostezar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to yawn
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Emitir un bostezo, acto reflejo que consiste en abrir la boca ampliamente, inspirar profundamente y espirar con menor fuerza. Aunque está relacionado con el sueño y el tedio, no se conoce su función o utilidad. Aunque se asocia a un requerimiento de oxigeno por parte del cerebro, sería un acto reflejo que nos informa de esta necesidad.
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 bostezar
- bostezo first-person present singular
- bostecé first-person preterite singular
- bostezado participle past
- c-z alternation
- bostezando gerund
- bostezada feminine participle past
- bostezados masculine participle past
- bostezadas feminine participle past
- bostezas indicative informal present
- bostezás indicative informal present
- bosteza indicative present singular
- bostezamos first-person indicative plural
- bostezáis indicative plural present
- bostezan indicative plural present
- bostezaba first-person imperfect indicative
- bostezabas imperfect indicative second-person
- bostezábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- bostezabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bostezar?
- /bosteˈθaɾ/
- [bos.t̪eˈθaɾ]
- /bosteˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bostezar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bostezar in Spanish?
bostezar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).