excitar

/[eksiˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,910

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

excitar is aSpanishverb. It means: Provocar o estimular un sentimiento o una pasión. Pronounced [eksiˈt̪aɾ].

Key facts for excitar
PropertyValue
Headwordexcitar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eksiˈt̪aɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,910
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of excitar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for excitar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eksiˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,910 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for excitar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is excitar, spelled E-X-C-I-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Provocar o estimular un sentimiento o una pasión.
  2. 2
    Provocar entusiasmo o alegría.
  3. 3
    Producir enojo, nerviosismo o impaciencia.
  4. 4
    Despertar deseo sexual.
  5. 5
    Producir un aumento de la actividad de una célula, órgano u organismo mediante un estímulo.
  6. 6
    Producir un aumento de la energía en algún cuerpo o partícula.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #50,910 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excitar"?
"excitar" is spelled E-X-C-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [eksiˈt̪aɾ].
What does "excitar" mean?
As a verb, "excitar" means: Provocar o estimular un sentimiento o una pasión.
How do you pronounce "excitar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excitar" is [eksiˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excitar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.