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escanear

Spanish, verb/eskaneˈaɾ/

escanear is a Spanish verb meaning “to scan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does escanear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to scan

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

Forms of escanear

  • escaneo first-person present singular
  • escaneé first-person preterite singular
  • escaneado participle past
  • escaneando gerund
  • escaneada feminine participle past
  • escaneados masculine participle past
  • escaneadas feminine participle past
  • escaneas indicative informal present
  • escaneás indicative informal present
  • escanea indicative present singular
  • escaneamos first-person indicative plural
  • escaneáis indicative plural present
  • escanean indicative plural present
  • escaneaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • escaneabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • escaneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • escaneabais imperfect indicative plural
  • escaneaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce escanear?

  • /eskaneˈaɾ/
  • [es.ka.neˈaɾ]
  • /skaneˈaɾ/

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

English words that translate to escanear

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

How common is escanear in Spanish?

escanear appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).