captar
Spanish, verb/kabˈtaɾ/
captar is spelled C-A-P-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,770th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Captar is a Spanish verb meaning “to capture, perceive, register, understand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Percibir algo a través de los sentidos”.
What does captar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to capture, perceive, register, understand
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Percibir algo a través de los sentidos. 2. Entender, comprender. 3. Recolectar el agua que proviene del manantial. 4. Ganarse el aprecio de alguien.
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 captar
- capto first-person present singular
- capté first-person preterite singular
- captado participle past
- captando gerund
- captada feminine participle past
- captados masculine participle past
- captadas feminine participle past
- captas indicative informal present
- captás indicative informal present
- capta indicative present singular
- captamos first-person indicative plural
- captáis indicative plural present
- captan indicative plural present
- captaba first-person imperfect indicative
- captabas imperfect indicative second-person
- captábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- captabais imperfect indicative plural
- captaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce captar?
- /kabˈtaɾ/
- [kaβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [kapˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to captar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is captar in Spanish?
captar appears 7.6 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).