escribir
Spanish, verb/eskɾiˈbiɾ/
escribir is spelled E-S-C-R-I-B-I-R (8 letters) and appears 91 times per million words in written Spanish, the 964th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escribir is a Spanish verb meaning “to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Utilizar letras o signos grabados sobre una superficie para representar las palabras”.
What does escribir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate)
Ella escribe todas sus ideas en un cuaderno.
- 2
to write (to) someone (a letter, etc.)
Escríbeme cuando puedas.
- 3
to write someone something
Escríbele una carta a Papá Noel.
- 4
to write (to be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.))
Cervantes escribió el Quijote a comienzos del siglo XVII.
- 5
to write (to be an author)
Después de publicar su primer libro, dejó de escribir.
- 6
to type (on a phone or computer keyboard)
- 7
to text
Luego te escribo un mensaje.
- 8
colloquialto chat regularly with someone on social media
Me escribo con uno del Barça.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Utilizar letras o signos grabados sobre una superficie para representar las palabras. 2. Crear versos, libros u otras obras basadas en la palabra escrita o hablada.
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 escribir
- escribo first-person present singular
- escribí first-person preterite singular
- escrito participle past
- escripto Argentina Uruguay participle
- escribiendo gerund
- escrita feminine participle past
- escripta Argentina Uruguay feminine
- escritos masculine participle past
- escriptos Argentina Uruguay masculine
- escritas feminine participle past
- escriptas Argentina Uruguay feminine
- escribes indicative informal present
- escribís indicative informal present
- escribe indicative present singular
- escribimos first-person indicative plural
- escriben indicative plural present
- escribía first-person imperfect indicative
- escribías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escribir?
- /eskɾiˈbiɾ/
- [es.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
- [eskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escribir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escribir in Spanish?
escribir appears 91 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).