distar
Spanish, verb/disˈtaɾ/
distar is spelled D-I-S-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distar is a Spanish verb meaning “to be far from” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un ser, punto o elemento: Tener distancia (cierta cantidad de espacio o de tiempo) respecto de otro…”.
What does distar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be far from
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dicho de un ser, punto o elemento: Tener distancia (cierta cantidad de espacio o de tiempo) respecto de otro u otros; estar separado, apartado o alejado en el tiempo o en el espacio. 2. Tener diferencias significativas respecto de otra persona, animal o cosa. 3. Tener una opinión o parecer diferente al de otra persona.
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 distar
- disto first-person present singular
- disté first-person preterite singular
- distado participle past
- distando gerund
- distada feminine participle past
- distados masculine participle past
- distadas feminine participle past
- distas indicative informal present
- distás indicative informal present
- dista indicative present singular
- distamos first-person indicative plural
- distáis indicative plural present
- distan indicative plural present
- distaba first-person imperfect indicative
- distabas imperfect indicative second-person
- distábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- distabais imperfect indicative plural
- distaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distar?
- /disˈtaɾ/
- [d̪isˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distar in Spanish?
distar appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).