ciar
Spanish, verb/ˈθjaɾ/
ciar is spelled C-I-A-R (4 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to back water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bogar hacia atrás”.
What does ciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to back water
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Bogar hacia atrás. 2. Marchar hacia atrás. 3. Abandonar frente a una dificultad o amenaza una decisión previamente tomada.
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 ciar
- cío first-person present singular
- cie first-person preterite singular
- ciado participle past
- i-í alternation
- ciando gerund
- ciada feminine participle past
- ciados masculine participle past
- ciadas feminine participle past
- cías indicative informal present
- cias indicative informal present
- cía indicative present singular
- ciamos first-person indicative plural
- ciais indicative plural present
- cían indicative plural present
- ciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ciabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciar?
- /ˈθjaɾ/
- [ˈθjaɾ]
- /ˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ciar in Spanish?
ciar appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).