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emitir

Spanish, verb/emiˈtiɾ/

emitir is spelled E-M-I-T-I-R (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,498th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emitir is a Spanish verb meaning “to issue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enviar o echar hacia fuera”.

What does emitir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to issue

  2. 2

    to emit, to give off

  3. 3

    to broadcast

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Enviar o echar hacia fuera. 2. Crear y hacer circular documentos, especialmente oficiales y monetarios. 3. Expresar algo de manera pública, especialmente un dictamen o juicio. 4. Diseminar señales a distancia para que sean recibidas a través de medios masivos, como la televisión, la radio, el internet, etc.

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 emitir

  • emito first-person present singular
  • emití first-person preterite singular
  • emitido participle past
  • emitiendo gerund
  • emitida feminine participle past
  • emitidos masculine participle past
  • emitidas feminine participle past
  • emites indicative informal present
  • emitís indicative informal present
  • emite indicative present singular
  • emitimos first-person indicative plural
  • emiten indicative plural present
  • emitía first-person imperfect indicative
  • emitías imperfect indicative second-person
  • emitíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • emitíais imperfect indicative plural
  • emitían imperfect indicative plural
  • emitiste indicative preterite second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce emitir?

  • /emiˈtiɾ/
  • [e.miˈt̪iɾ]
  • [emiˈt̪iɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to emitir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is emitir in Spanish?

emitir appears 11 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).

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