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cohabitar

Spanish, verb/koabiˈtaɾ/

cohabitar is spelled C-O-H-A-B-I-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 108,574th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cohabitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to coinhabit, roomshare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vivir o convivir varios sujetos dentro del mismo espacio”.

What does cohabitar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to coinhabit, roomshare

  2. 2

    to get it on, do it (have sex)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Vivir o convivir varios sujetos dentro del mismo espacio.

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 cohabitar

  • cohabito first-person present singular
  • cohabité first-person preterite singular
  • cohabitado participle past
  • cohabitando gerund
  • cohabitada feminine participle past
  • cohabitados masculine participle past
  • cohabitadas feminine participle past
  • cohabitas indicative informal present
  • cohabitás indicative informal present
  • cohabita indicative present singular
  • cohabitamos first-person indicative plural
  • cohabitáis indicative plural present
  • cohabitan indicative plural present
  • cohabitaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • cohabitabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • cohabitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • cohabitabais imperfect indicative plural
  • cohabitaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce cohabitar?

  • /koabiˈtaɾ/
  • [ko.a.β̞iˈt̪aɾ]
  • [koaβ̞iˈt̪aɾ]

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

English words that translate to cohabitar

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

How common is cohabitar in Spanish?

cohabitar appears about once in every 8 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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