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campear

Spanish, verb/kampeˈaɾ/

campear is a Spanish verb meaning “to graze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Salir un animal a pacer o alimentarse”.

What does campear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to graze

  2. 2

    to work the fields

  3. 3

    to guard the fields

  4. 4

    to reconnoitre

  5. 5

    to park

  6. 6

    to stand out

  7. 7

    to camp (to stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area)

  8. 8

    Latin-Americato search

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Salir un animal a pacer o alimentarse. 2. Comenzar a brotar una siembra. 3. Recorrer un campo o estancia para recoger las haciendas, buscar los animales extraviados y ver si hay alguna novedad. 4. Recorrer el campo buscando una persona, cosa o animal.

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 campear

  • campeo first-person present singular
  • campeé first-person preterite singular
  • campeado participle past
  • campeando gerund
  • campeada feminine participle past
  • campeados masculine participle past
  • campeadas feminine participle past
  • campeas indicative informal present
  • campeás indicative informal present
  • campea indicative present singular
  • campeamos first-person indicative plural
  • campeáis indicative plural present
  • campean indicative plural present
  • campeaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • campeabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • campeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • campeabais imperfect indicative plural
  • campeaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce campear?

  • /kampeˈaɾ/
  • [kãm.peˈaɾ]
  • [kãmpeˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to campear

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is campear in Spanish?

campear appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).