declarar
Spanish, verb/deklaˈɾaɾ/
declarar is spelled D-E-C-L-A-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,491st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Declarar is a Spanish verb meaning “to declare; to state” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Manifestar una cosa públicamente, hacer pública su voluntad el hablante”.
What does declarar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to declare; to state
declarar la guerra
- 2
to declare
- 3
to declare one’s love for
- 4
to plead (e.g., innocent, guilty, etc.)
- 5
to break out (e.g., pandemic, fire, war)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Manifestar una cosa públicamente, hacer pública su voluntad el hablante. 2. Dicho por una autoridad o su representante, hacer pública una decisión de importancia para los ciudadanos. 3. Entregar a la administración pública la información sobre los ingresos del contribuyente. 4. En las aduanas, informar sobre los bienes que se piensa internar en el país.
verb: 1. Entregar la información requerida al juez o al juzgado competente, para que este pueda tomar una resolución.
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 declarar
- declaro first-person present singular
- declaré first-person preterite singular
- declarado participle past
- declarando gerund
- declarada feminine participle past
- declarados masculine participle past
- declaradas feminine participle past
- declaras indicative informal present
- declarás indicative informal present
- declara indicative present singular
- declaramos first-person indicative plural
- declaráis indicative plural present
- declaran indicative plural present
- declaraba first-person imperfect indicative
- declarabas imperfect indicative second-person
- declarábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- declarabais imperfect indicative plural
- declaraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce declarar?
- /deklaˈɾaɾ/
- [d̪e.klaˈɾaɾ]
- [d̪eklaˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to declarar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is declarar in Spanish?
declarar appears 17 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).