divisar
Spanish, verb/dibiˈsaɾ/
divisar is spelled D-I-V-I-S-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,863rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divisar is a Spanish verb meaning “to spot, to make out, to sight, to descry, to espy, to spy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Percibir con la vista, generalmente de manera confusa o a gran distancia”.
What does divisar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spot, to make out, to sight, to descry, to espy, to spy
- 2
to perceive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Percibir con la vista, generalmente de manera confusa o a gran distancia. 2. Diferenciar las armas familiares con algún distintivo, como un blasón o un timbre.
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 divisar
- diviso first-person present singular
- divisé first-person preterite singular
- divisado participle past
- divisando gerund
- divisada feminine participle past
- divisados masculine participle past
- divisadas feminine participle past
- divisas indicative informal present
- divisás indicative informal present
- divisa indicative present singular
- divisamos first-person indicative plural
- divisáis indicative plural present
- divisan indicative plural present
- divisaba first-person imperfect indicative
- divisabas imperfect indicative second-person
- divisábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- divisabais imperfect indicative plural
- divisaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce divisar?
- /dibiˈsaɾ/
- [d̪i.β̞iˈsaɾ]
- [d̪iβ̞iˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to divisar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is divisar in Spanish?
divisar 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).