dictar
Spanish, verb/diɡˈtaɾ/
dictar is spelled D-I-C-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,361st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dictar is a Spanish verb meaning “to dictate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ordenar, comandar, controlar”.
What does dictar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dictate
dictar una oración
- 2
to pronounce
- 3
to give; to deliver (i.e. a lecture)
- 4
to lay down
dictar la ley
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ordenar, comandar, controlar. 2. Hablar de forma que alguien escriba las palabras.
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 dictar
- dicto first-person present singular
- dicté first-person preterite singular
- dictado participle past
- dictando gerund
- dictada feminine participle past
- dictados masculine participle past
- dictadas feminine participle past
- dictas indicative informal present
- dictás indicative informal present
- dicta indicative present singular
- dictamos first-person indicative plural
- dictáis indicative plural present
- dictan indicative plural present
- dictaba first-person imperfect indicative
- dictabas imperfect indicative second-person
- dictábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- dictabais imperfect indicative plural
- dictaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dictar?
- /diɡˈtaɾ/
- [d̪iɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪ikˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dictar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dictar in Spanish?
dictar appears 3.0 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).