candidatear
Spanish, verb/kandidateˈaɾ/
candidatear is spelled C-A-N-D-I-D-A-T-E-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candidatear is a Spanish verb meaning “to offer up as candidate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proponer a un candidato para que dispute un determinado puesto”.
What does candidatear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to offer up as candidate
- 2
to run as a candidate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Proponer a un candidato para que dispute un determinado puesto. 2. Trabajar fervientemente a favor de un candidato.
verb: 1. Presentarse como candidato.
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 candidatear
- candidateo first-person present singular
- candidateé first-person preterite singular
- candidateado participle past
- candidateando gerund
- candidateada feminine participle past
- candidateados masculine participle past
- candidateadas feminine participle past
- candidateas indicative informal present
- candidateás indicative informal present
- candidatea indicative present singular
- candidateamos first-person indicative plural
- candidateáis indicative plural present
- candidatean indicative plural present
- candidateaba first-person imperfect indicative
- candidateabas imperfect indicative second-person
- candidateábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- candidateabais imperfect indicative plural
- candidateaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce candidatear?
- /kandidateˈaɾ/
- [kãn̪.d̪i.ð̞a.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [kãn̪d̪ið̞at̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is candidatear in Spanish?
candidatear appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).