circunnavegar
Spanish, verb/θiɾkunnabeˈɡaɾ/
circunnavegar is spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-N-A-V-E-G-A-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish, the 174,457th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circunnavegar is a Spanish verb meaning “to circumnavigate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Navegar alrededor de un objetivo”.
What does circunnavegar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to circumnavigate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Navegar alrededor de un objetivo. 2. Dar un buque la vuelta al mundo.
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 circunnavegar
- circunnavego first-person present singular
- circunnavegué first-person preterite singular
- circunnavegado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- circunnavegando gerund
- circunnavegada feminine participle past
- circunnavegados masculine participle past
- circunnavegadas feminine participle past
- circunnavegas indicative informal present
- circunnavegás indicative informal present
- circunnavega indicative present singular
- circunnavegamos first-person indicative plural
- circunnavegáis indicative plural present
- circunnavegan indicative plural present
- circunnavegaba first-person imperfect indicative
- circunnavegabas imperfect indicative second-person
- circunnavegábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- circunnavegabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circunnavegar?
- /θiɾkunnabeˈɡaɾ/
- [θiɾ.kũn.na.β̞eˈɣ̞aɾ]
- /siɾkunnabeˈɡaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to circunnavegar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is circunnavegar in Spanish?
circunnavegar appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).