cooptar
[koopˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“cooptar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Llenar los nuevos puestos en el seno de una corporación a través del voto de quienes ya son miembros.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cooptar · cooptar · Spanish
cooptar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cooptar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [koopˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cooptar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cooptar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [koopˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cooptar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cooptar, spelled C-O-O-P-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Llenar los nuevos puestos en el seno de una corporación a través del voto de quienes ya son miembros.
- 2Apropiarse de todos o gran parte de los miembros de un conjunto.
- 3Inhibir.
- 4Coercionar a alguien a cumplir lo que no desea debido al voto de la mayoría.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cooptar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A través de ella (la represión) se trata de suprimir lo que el sistema no puede absorber o a la gente que no puede cooptar.
¿No corre peligro (la UNAM) de quedar atrapada por los poderes económico y político? De ninguna manera. Esto enriquece, más que cooptar, la actividad estrictamente universitaria.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.