brindar
Spanish, verb/bɾinˈdaɾ/
brindar is spelled B-R-I-N-D-A-R (7 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brindar is a Spanish verb meaning “to toast, drink (a toast) to (to engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresar buenos deseos, saludar o celebrar una ocasión, levantando y haciendo chocar las copas en que se bebe…”.
What does brindar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to toast, drink (a toast) to (to engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something)
- 2
to offer, provide, bring (to give what is needed or desired)
brindar un servicio
- 3
to yield (to produce as a return)
- 4
to dedicate (to designate (a bull) as being for another person as a mark of respect or affection)
- 5
to offer (to propose or express one's willingness (to do something))
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Expresar buenos deseos, saludar o celebrar una ocasión, levantando y haciendo chocar las copas en que se bebe vino o licor; hacer un brindis. 2. Dar u ofrecer de modo voluntario o gratuito. 3. Ofrecer un beneficio o una oportunidad de provecho.
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 brindar
- brindo first-person present singular
- brindé first-person preterite singular
- brindado participle past
- brindando gerund
- brindada feminine participle past
- brindados masculine participle past
- brindadas feminine participle past
- brindas indicative informal present
- brindás indicative informal present
- brinda indicative present singular
- brindamos first-person indicative plural
- brindáis indicative plural present
- brindan indicative plural present
- brindaba first-person imperfect indicative
- brindabas imperfect indicative second-person
- brindábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- brindabais imperfect indicative plural
- brindaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brindar?
- /bɾinˈdaɾ/
- [bɾĩn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brindar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brindar in Spanish?
brindar appears 10 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).