candar
Spanish, verb/kanˈdaɾ/
candar is spelled C-A-N-D-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written Spanish, the 274,170th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asegurar bajo llave o con algún otro mecanismo”.
What does candar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lock
- 2
(of a river, stream, or natural or artificial body of water) to freeze, freeze over.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Asegurar bajo llave o con algún otro mecanismo.
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 candar
- cando first-person present singular
- candé first-person preterite singular
- candado participle past
- candando gerund
- candada feminine participle past
- candados masculine participle past
- candadas feminine participle past
- candas indicative informal present
- candás indicative informal present
- canda indicative present singular
- candamos first-person indicative plural
- candáis indicative plural present
- candan indicative plural present
- candaba first-person imperfect indicative
- candabas imperfect indicative second-person
- candábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- candabais imperfect indicative plural
- candaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce candar?
- /kanˈdaɾ/
- [kãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to candar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is candar in Spanish?
candar appears about once in every 62 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).