emular
Spanish, verb/emuˈlaɾ/
emular is spelled E-M-U-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,265th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emular is a Spanish verb meaning “to emulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Imitar las acciones de otra persona procurando igualarle y aún excederle. Se toma, por lo común, en buena…”.
What does emular mean in English?
verb
- 1
to emulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Imitar las acciones de otra persona procurando igualarle y aún excederle. Se toma, por lo común, en buena parte. 2. Hacer que una cosa tenga una similitud notable con otra, a tal punto de volverse casi indistinguibles.
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 emular
- emulo first-person present singular
- emulé first-person preterite singular
- emulado participle past
- emulando gerund
- emulada feminine participle past
- emulados masculine participle past
- emuladas feminine participle past
- emulas indicative informal present
- emulás indicative informal present
- emula indicative present singular
- emulamos first-person indicative plural
- emuláis indicative plural present
- emulan indicative plural present
- emulaba first-person imperfect indicative
- emulabas imperfect indicative second-person
- emulábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- emulabais imperfect indicative plural
- emulaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emular?
- /emuˈlaɾ/
- [e.muˈlaɾ]
- [emuˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to emular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emular in Spanish?
emular appears 1.4 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).