educar
Spanish, verb/eduˈkaɾ/
educar is spelled E-D-U-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,966th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Educar is a Spanish verb meaning “to educate, instruct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dirigir o encaminar el proceso de aprendizaje en un ser humano, o en un animal, para promover ciertas…”.
What does educar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to educate, instruct
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dirigir o encaminar el proceso de aprendizaje en un ser humano, o en un animal, para promover ciertas reacciones habituales, hábitos complejos o actitudes deseadas por el educador 2. Desarrollar, estimular o perfeccionar facultades intelectuales o morales de alguien 3. Adiestrar o perfeccionar los sentidos 4. Instruir a alguien en los usos de la cortesía, la etiqueta o la urbanidad
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 educar
- educo first-person present singular
- eduqué first-person preterite singular
- educado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- educando gerund
- educada feminine participle past
- educados masculine participle past
- educadas feminine participle past
- educas indicative informal present
- educás indicative informal present
- educa indicative present singular
- educamos first-person indicative plural
- educáis indicative plural present
- educan indicative plural present
- educaba first-person imperfect indicative
- educabas imperfect indicative second-person
- educábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- educabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce educar?
- /eduˈkaɾ/
- [e.ð̞uˈkaɾ]
- [eð̞uˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to educar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is educar in Spanish?
educar appears 8.7 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).