devengar
Spanish, verb/debenˈɡaɾ/
devengar is spelled D-E-V-E-N-G-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 130,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devengar is a Spanish verb meaning “to earn (money)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obtener el derecho a una retribución como contrapartida de un servicio prestado, especialmente laboral o…”.
What does devengar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to earn (money)
- 2
to be due (money)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Obtener el derecho a una retribución como contrapartida de un servicio prestado, especialmente laboral o financiero.
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 devengar
- devengo first-person present singular
- devengué first-person preterite singular
- devengado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- devengando gerund
- devengada feminine participle past
- devengados masculine participle past
- devengadas feminine participle past
- devengas indicative informal present
- devengás indicative informal present
- devenga indicative present singular
- devengamos first-person indicative plural
- devengáis indicative plural present
- devengan indicative plural present
- devengaba first-person imperfect indicative
- devengabas imperfect indicative second-person
- devengábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- devengabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devengar?
- /debenˈɡaɾ/
- [d̪e.β̞ẽŋˈɡaɾ]
- [d̪eβ̞ẽŋˈgaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to devengar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is devengar in Spanish?
devengar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).