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capturar

Spanish, verb/kabtuˈɾaɾ/

capturar is spelled C-A-P-T-U-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,364th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capturar is a Spanish verb meaning “to catch, trap, capture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Atrapar, coger, enganchar”.

What does capturar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to catch, trap, capture

    Hemos capturado dos peces.

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Atrapar, coger, enganchar.

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 capturar

  • capturo first-person present singular
  • capturé first-person preterite singular
  • capturado participle past
  • capturando gerund
  • capturada feminine participle past
  • capturados masculine participle past
  • capturadas feminine participle past
  • capturas indicative informal present
  • capturás indicative informal present
  • captura indicative present singular
  • capturamos first-person indicative plural
  • capturáis indicative plural present
  • capturan indicative plural present
  • capturaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • capturabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • capturábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • capturabais imperfect indicative plural
  • capturaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce capturar?

  • /kabtuˈɾaɾ/
  • [kaβ̞.t̪uˈɾaɾ]
  • [kapt̪uˈɾaɾ]

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

English words that translate to capturar

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

How common is capturar in Spanish?

capturar appears 8.1 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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