errar
Spanish, verb/eˈraɾ/
errar is spelled E-R-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Errar is a Spanish verb meaning “to miss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fallar en un juicio o concepto, de tal modo de afirmar aquello que no es cierto o negar lo que lo es”.
What does errar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to miss
- 2
to be wrong, to err
- 3
to wander around, roam
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fallar en un juicio o concepto, de tal modo de afirmar aquello que no es cierto o negar lo que lo es.
verb: 1. Tomar una dirección inadecuada para el fin o término que se persigue. 2. Por extensión, andar largamente y sin rumbo fijo. 3. Hablar o escribir sin atenerse a un propósito determinado, tocando temas según se imponen a la imaginación en cada momento.
verb: 1. Imprimir a un proyectil una dirección tal que no dé en su blanco.
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 errar
- yerro Spain first-person present
- erro Latin-America first-person present
- erré first-person preterite singular
- errado participle past
- e-ye alternation
- errando gerund
- errada feminine participle past
- errados masculine participle past
- erradas feminine participle past
- yerras Spain indicative present
- erras Latin-America indicative informal
- errás indicative informal present
- yerra Spain indicative present
- erra Latin-America indicative present
- erramos first-person indicative plural
- erráis indicative plural present
- yerran Spain indicative plural
- erran Latin-America indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce errar?
- /eˈraɾ/
- [eˈraɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to errar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is errar in Spanish?
errar appears 1.2 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).