dar
Spanish, verb/ˈdaɾ/
dar is spelled D-A-R (3 letters) and appears 302 times per million words in written Spanish, the 264th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dar is a Spanish verb meaning “to give, to give out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Traspasar algo a otra persona de forma gratuita”.
What does dar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give, to give out
Dame mi celular.
- 2
to hand over
- 3
to hit (from any distance)
Me han dado en la cabeza.
- 4
to hit oneself, bump into, crash into
El coche se dio con un árbol.
- 5
to encounter; to find with effort
Dimos con María.
- 6
to emit
- 7
to produce
Las vacas dan leche.
- 8
to perform
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Traspasar algo a otra persona de forma gratuita. 2. Hacer entrega de algo. 3. Otorgar alguna cosa. 4. Considerar que algo es de una determinada manera. Se usa junto con la preposición por.
verb: 1. Asestar golpes.
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 dar
- doy first-person present singular
- di first-person preterite singular
- dado participle past
- dando gerund
- dada feminine participle past
- dados masculine participle past
- dadas feminine participle past
- das indicative present second-person
- da indicative present singular
- damos first-person indicative plural
- dais indicative plural present
- dan indicative plural present
- daba first-person imperfect indicative
- dabas imperfect indicative second-person
- dábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- dabais imperfect indicative plural
- daban imperfect indicative plural
- diste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dar?
- /ˈdaɾ/
- [ˈd̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dar in Spanish?
dar appears 302 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).