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etiquetar

Spanish, verb/etikeˈtaɾ/

etiquetar is spelled E-T-I-Q-U-E-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Etiquetar is a Spanish verb meaning “to label” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ponerle etiqueta a algo”.

What does etiquetar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to label

  2. 2

    to tag (someone) on social media

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Ponerle etiqueta a algo. 2. Encasillar, tachar a alguien con alguna cualidad. 3. Mencionar a otro usuario en una publicación hecha en alguna red social.

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 etiquetar

  • etiqueto first-person present singular
  • etiqueté first-person preterite singular
  • etiquetado participle past
  • etiquetando gerund
  • etiquetada feminine participle past
  • etiquetados masculine participle past
  • etiquetadas feminine participle past
  • etiquetas indicative informal present
  • etiquetás indicative informal present
  • etiqueta indicative present singular
  • etiquetamos first-person indicative plural
  • etiquetáis indicative plural present
  • etiquetan indicative plural present
  • etiquetaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • etiquetabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • etiquetábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • etiquetabais imperfect indicative plural
  • etiquetaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce etiquetar?

  • /etikeˈtaɾ/
  • [e.t̪i.keˈt̪aɾ]
  • [et̪ikeˈt̪aɾ]

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

How common is etiquetar in Spanish?

etiquetar appears 1.7 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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