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centrifugar

Spanish, verb/θentɾifuˈɡaɾ/

centrifugar is spelled C-E-N-T-R-I-F-U-G-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish, the 193,839th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centrifugar is a Spanish verb meaning “to centrifuge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does centrifugar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to centrifuge

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

Forms of centrifugar

  • centrifugo first-person present singular
  • centrifugué first-person preterite singular
  • centrifugado participle past
  • g-gu alternation
  • centrifugando gerund
  • centrifugada feminine participle past
  • centrifugados masculine participle past
  • centrifugadas feminine participle past
  • centrifugas indicative informal present
  • centrifugás indicative informal present
  • centrifuga indicative present singular
  • centrifugamos first-person indicative plural
  • centrifugáis indicative plural present
  • centrifugan indicative plural present
  • centrifugaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • centrifugabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • centrifugábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • centrifugabais imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce centrifugar?

  • /θentɾifuˈɡaɾ/
  • [θẽn̪.t̪ɾi.fuˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • /sentɾifuˈɡaɾ/

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

English words that translate to centrifugar

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

How common is centrifugar in Spanish?

centrifugar appears about once in every 29 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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