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capacitar

Spanish, verb/kapaθiˈtaɾ/

capacitar is spelled C-A-P-A-C-I-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capacitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to prepare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer a alguien apto, habilitarle para alguna cosa”.

What does capacitar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to prepare

  2. 2

    to train

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Hacer a alguien apto, habilitarle para alguna cosa.

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 capacitar

  • capacito first-person present singular
  • capacité first-person preterite singular
  • capacitado participle past
  • capacitando gerund
  • capacitada feminine participle past
  • capacitados masculine participle past
  • capacitadas feminine participle past
  • capacitas indicative informal present
  • capacitás indicative informal present
  • capacita indicative present singular
  • capacitamos first-person indicative plural
  • capacitáis indicative plural present
  • capacitan indicative plural present
  • capacitaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • capacitabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • capacitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • capacitabais imperfect indicative plural
  • capacitaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce capacitar?

  • /kapaθiˈtaɾ/
  • [ka.pa.θiˈt̪aɾ]
  • /kapasiˈtaɾ/

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

English words that translate to capacitar

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

How common is capacitar in Spanish?

capacitar appears 2.1 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).

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