cifrar
Spanish, verb/θiˈfɾaɾ/
cifrar is spelled C-I-F-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cifrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to value, quantify, aggregate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Escribir un mensaje en clave”.
What does cifrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to value, quantify, aggregate
- 2
to write in code, cypher
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Escribir un mensaje en clave. 2. Cuantificar algo, generalmente pérdidas o ganancias. 3. Resumir, compendiar, reducir algo a su esencia.
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 cifrar
- cifro first-person present singular
- cifré first-person preterite singular
- cifrado participle past
- cifrando gerund
- cifrada feminine participle past
- cifrados masculine participle past
- cifradas feminine participle past
- cifras indicative informal present
- cifrás indicative informal present
- cifra indicative present singular
- ciframos first-person indicative plural
- cifráis indicative plural present
- cifran indicative plural present
- cifraba first-person imperfect indicative
- cifrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cifrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cifrabais imperfect indicative plural
- cifraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cifrar?
- /θiˈfɾaɾ/
- [θiˈfɾaɾ]
- /siˈfɾaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cifrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cifrar in Spanish?
cifrar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).