designar
Spanish, verb/desiɡˈnaɾ/
designar is spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,726th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Designar is a Spanish verb meaning “to designate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Formar designio o propósito”.
What does designar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to designate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Formar designio o propósito. 2. Señalar o destinar una persona o cosa para determinado fin.
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 designar
- designo first-person present singular
- designé first-person preterite singular
- designado participle past
- designando gerund
- designada feminine participle past
- designados masculine participle past
- designadas feminine participle past
- designas indicative informal present
- designás indicative informal present
- designa indicative present singular
- designamos first-person indicative plural
- designáis indicative plural present
- designan indicative plural present
- designaba first-person imperfect indicative
- designabas imperfect indicative second-person
- designábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- designabais imperfect indicative plural
- designaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce designar?
- /desiɡˈnaɾ/
- [d̪e.siɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
- [d̪esiɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to designar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is designar in Spanish?
designar appears 5.1 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).