declamar
Spanish, verb/deklaˈmaɾ/
declamar is spelled D-E-C-L-A-M-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Declamar is a Spanish verb meaning “to declaim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hablar o dar un discurso ante un público”.
What does declamar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to declaim
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hablar o dar un discurso ante un público. 2. Practicar o ejercitarse en el arte de la oratoria (el arte de hablar en público) y la retórica (el arte de expresarse). 3. Expresarse con excesivo énfasis, emoción o vehemencia, y particularmente de un modo áspero o violento. 4. Recitar poemas o prosa en voz alta y de memoria, y con la entonación, ademanes y gestos convenientes.
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 declamar
- declamo first-person present singular
- declamé first-person preterite singular
- declamado participle past
- declamando gerund
- declamada feminine participle past
- declamados masculine participle past
- declamadas feminine participle past
- declamas indicative informal present
- declamás indicative informal present
- declama indicative present singular
- declamamos first-person indicative plural
- declamáis indicative plural present
- declaman indicative plural present
- declamaba first-person imperfect indicative
- declamabas imperfect indicative second-person
- declamábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- declamabais imperfect indicative plural
- declamaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce declamar?
- /deklaˈmaɾ/
- [d̪e.klaˈmaɾ]
- [d̪eklaˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to declamar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is declamar in Spanish?
declamar appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).