dilatar
Spanish, verb/dilaˈtaɾ/
dilatar is spelled D-I-L-A-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dilatar is a Spanish verb meaning “to prolong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que algo ocupe más lugar, volumen o tiempo; hacer más grande o más largo”.
What does dilatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prolong
- 2
to delay, postpone
- 3
to dilate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que algo ocupe más lugar, volumen o tiempo; hacer más grande o más largo. 2. Dejar para después la ejecución de una acción. 3. Propagar, extender la fama o afición de alguien o algo.
verb: 1. Tomar mucho tiempo para hacer algo, o llegar tarde; retardarse.
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 dilatar
- dilato first-person present singular
- dilaté first-person preterite singular
- dilatado participle past
- dilatando gerund
- dilatada feminine participle past
- dilatados masculine participle past
- dilatadas feminine participle past
- dilatas indicative informal present
- dilatás indicative informal present
- dilata indicative present singular
- dilatamos first-person indicative plural
- dilatáis indicative plural present
- dilatan indicative plural present
- dilataba first-person imperfect indicative
- dilatabas imperfect indicative second-person
- dilatábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- dilatabais imperfect indicative plural
- dilataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dilatar?
- /dilaˈtaɾ/
- [d̪i.laˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪ilaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dilatar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dilatar in Spanish?
dilatar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).