excitar
Spanish, verb/eɡsθiˈtaɾ/
excitar is spelled E-X-C-I-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,751st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Excitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to excite (sexually)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Provocar o estimular un sentimiento o una pasión”.
What does excitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to excite (sexually)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Provocar o estimular un sentimiento o una pasión. 2. Provocar entusiasmo o alegría. 3. Producir enojo, nerviosismo o impaciencia. 4. Despertar deseo sexual.
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 excitar
- excito first-person present singular
- excité first-person preterite singular
- excitado participle past
- excitando gerund
- excitada feminine participle past
- excitados masculine participle past
- excitadas feminine participle past
- excitas indicative informal present
- excitás indicative informal present
- excita indicative present singular
- excitamos first-person indicative plural
- excitáis indicative plural present
- excitan indicative plural present
- excitaba first-person imperfect indicative
- excitabas imperfect indicative second-person
- excitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- excitabais imperfect indicative plural
- excitaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excitar?
- /eɡsθiˈtaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.θiˈt̪aɾ]
- /eɡsiˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excitar in Spanish?
excitar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).