eliminar
Spanish, verb/elimiˈnaɾ/
eliminar is spelled E-L-I-M-I-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,499th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eliminar is a Spanish verb meaning “to eliminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer desaparecer algo, hacer que deje de estar o existir”.
What does eliminar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to eliminate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer desaparecer algo, hacer que deje de estar o existir. 2. Sacar a una o más personas de una lista, de una categoría, de una agrupación u otro asunto. 3. Dejar fuera de competición a un concursante o competidor. 4. Quitar la vida.
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 eliminar
- elimino first-person present singular
- eliminé first-person preterite singular
- eliminado participle past
- eliminando gerund
- eliminada feminine participle past
- eliminados masculine participle past
- eliminadas feminine participle past
- eliminas indicative informal present
- eliminás indicative informal present
- elimina indicative present singular
- eliminamos first-person indicative plural
- elimináis indicative plural present
- eliminan indicative plural present
- eliminaba first-person imperfect indicative
- eliminabas imperfect indicative second-person
- eliminábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- eliminabais imperfect indicative plural
- eliminaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eliminar?
- /elimiˈnaɾ/
- [e.li.miˈnaɾ]
- [elimiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eliminar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eliminar in Spanish?
eliminar appears 34 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).