clavar
Spanish, verb/klaˈbaɾ/
clavar is spelled C-L-A-V-A-R (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clavar is a Spanish verb meaning “to nail, to pin, to stick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Introducir un objeto puntiagudo en un cuerpo, mediante presión o golpes”.
What does clavar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nail, to pin, to stick
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Introducir un objeto puntiagudo en un cuerpo, mediante presión o golpes. 2. Usar clavos para asegurar algo. 3. Engastar piedras preciosas o semipreciosas en oro o plata. 4. Referido a la vista, mirada o los ojos, fijarlos en algo o alguien, observar intensamente.
verb: 1. Zambullirse alguien en un cuerpo de agua, ya sea en una piscina o en el mar.
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 clavar
- clavo first-person present singular
- clavé first-person preterite singular
- clavado participle past
- clavando gerund
- clavada feminine participle past
- clavados masculine participle past
- clavadas feminine participle past
- clavas indicative informal present
- clavás indicative informal present
- clava indicative present singular
- clavamos first-person indicative plural
- claváis indicative plural present
- clavan indicative plural present
- clavaba first-person imperfect indicative
- clavabas imperfect indicative second-person
- clavábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- clavabais imperfect indicative plural
- clavaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clavar?
- /klaˈbaɾ/
- [klaˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clavar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clavar in Spanish?
clavar appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).