evocar
Spanish, verb/eboˈkaɾ/
evocar is spelled E-V-O-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Evocar is a Spanish verb meaning “to evoke, to conjure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llamar a los espíritus y a los muertos, suponiéndolos capaces de acudir a los conjuros e invocaciones”.
What does evocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to evoke, to conjure
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llamar a los espíritus y a los muertos, suponiéndolos capaces de acudir a los conjuros e invocaciones. 2. Apostrofar a los muertos. 3. Traer algo o a alguien a la memoria o a la imaginación. 4. Vincular o relacionar algo a un determinado concepto.
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 evocar
- evoco first-person present singular
- evoqué first-person preterite singular
- evocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- evocando gerund
- evocada feminine participle past
- evocados masculine participle past
- evocadas feminine participle past
- evocas indicative informal present
- evocás indicative informal present
- evoca indicative present singular
- evocamos first-person indicative plural
- evocáis indicative plural present
- evocan indicative plural present
- evocaba first-person imperfect indicative
- evocabas imperfect indicative second-person
- evocábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- evocabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce evocar?
- /eboˈkaɾ/
- [e.β̞oˈkaɾ]
- [eβ̞oˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to evocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is evocar in Spanish?
evocar 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).