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capitular

Spanish, verb/kapituˈlaɾ/

capitular is spelled C-A-P-I-T-U-L-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,480th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capitular is a Spanish verb meaning “to capitulate, to surrender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer o poner a alguien capítulos de cargos, excesos o delitos en el ejercicio de su empleo”.

What does capitular mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to capitulate, to surrender

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Hacer o poner a alguien capítulos de cargos, excesos o delitos en el ejercicio de su empleo.

verb: 1. Pactar, hacer algún ajuste o concierto. 2. Entregarse una plaza de guerra o un cuerpo de tropas a determinadas condiciones. 3. Cantar las capítulas de las horas canónicas.

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 capitular

  • capitulo first-person present singular
  • capitulé first-person preterite singular
  • capitulado participle past
  • capitulando gerund
  • capitulada feminine participle past
  • capitulados masculine participle past
  • capituladas feminine participle past
  • capitulas indicative informal present
  • capitulás indicative informal present
  • capitula indicative present singular
  • capitulamos first-person indicative plural
  • capituláis indicative plural present
  • capitulan indicative plural present
  • capitulaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • capitulabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • capitulábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • capitulabais imperfect indicative plural
  • capitulaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce capitular?

  • /kapituˈlaɾ/
  • [ka.pi.t̪uˈlaɾ]
  • [kapit̪uˈlaɾ]

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

English words that translate to capitular

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

How common is capitular in Spanish?

capitular appears 1.0 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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