concebir
Spanish, verb/konθeˈbiɾ/
concebir is spelled C-O-N-C-E-B-I-R (8 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,619th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Concebir is a Spanish verb meaning “to conceive, imagine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hallar razón o justificación a lo que alguien hace o siente”.
What does concebir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to conceive, imagine
- 2
to understand
- 3
to conceive, become pregnant
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hallar razón o justificación a lo que alguien hace o siente. 2. Comenzar a sentir una emoción o un afecto. 3. Crear una nueva vida, desde el mismo momento en que empieza a formarse en el interior de la madre. Quedar preñada una madre. 4. Imaginar, formar una idea o concepto sobre algo, o tener una nueva idea, especialmente en el campo creativo.
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 concebir
- concibo first-person present singular
- concebí first-person preterite singular
- concebido participle past
- e-i alternation
- concibiendo gerund
- concebida feminine participle past
- concebidos masculine participle past
- concebidas feminine participle past
- concibes indicative informal present
- concebís indicative informal present
- concibe indicative present singular
- concebimos first-person indicative plural
- conciben indicative plural present
- concebía first-person imperfect indicative
- concebías imperfect indicative second-person
- concebíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- concebíais imperfect indicative plural
- concebían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce concebir?
- /konθeˈbiɾ/
- [kõn̟.θeˈβ̞iɾ]
- /konseˈbiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to concebir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is concebir in Spanish?
concebir appears 2.9 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).