complacer
Spanish, noun/komplaˈθeɾ/
complacer is spelled C-O-M-P-L-A-C-E-R (9 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Complacer is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “concession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does complacer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to please
- 2
to satisfy
- 3
to sexually pleasure.
- 4
to take pleasure
El director se complace en invitarte a la inauguración.
noun
- 1
masculineconcession
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar agrado, gusto, satisfacción o placer. 2. Hacer o brindar lo que otro desea o puede ser de su agrado o utilidad. Darle gusto a otro ser o acomodarse a su parecer.
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 complacer
- complazco first-person present singular
- complací first-person preterite singular
- complacido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- complaciendo gerund
- complacida feminine participle past
- complacidos masculine participle past
- complacidas feminine participle past
- complaces indicative informal present
- complacés indicative informal present
- complace indicative present singular
- complacemos first-person indicative plural
- complacéis indicative plural present
- complacen indicative plural present
- complacía first-person imperfect indicative
- complacías imperfect indicative second-person
- complacíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- complacíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce complacer?
- /komplaˈθeɾ/
- [kõm.plaˈθeɾ]
- /komplaˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to complacer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is complacer in Spanish?
complacer appears 3.2 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).