cebar
[seˈβ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“cebar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #64,445 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #64,445
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dar o echar cebo a los animales para alimentarlos, engordarlos o atraerlos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cebar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [seˈβ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cebar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cebar is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈβ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #64,445 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cebar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cebar, spelled C-E-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dar o echar cebo a los animales para alimentarlos, engordarlos o atraerlos.
- 2Alimentar, fomentar; como echar aceite a la luz, leña al fuego, mineral al horno, etc.
- 3Poner en las armas y proyectiles que tienen carga explosiva, el cebo necesario para inflamarla.
- 4Poner fuego al cohete u otro artificio de pólvora.
- 5Hablando de máquinas o aparatos, ponerlos en condiciones de empezar a funcionar, como un sifón de líquido, una máquina de vapor dando vueltas con la mano al volante, etc.
- 6Tratándose de la aguja magnética, tocarla a un imán para darle o renovarle la fuerza.
- 7Fomentar o alimentar un afecto o pasión.
- 8Agregar agua caliente al mate o yerba mate.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cebar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-B-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seˈβ̞aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.