existir
Spanish, verb/eɡsisˈtiɾ/
existir is spelled E-X-I-S-T-I-R (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Existir is a Spanish verb meaning “to exist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener realidad; ser real o verdadero; tener existencia”.
What does existir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exist
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener realidad; ser real o verdadero; tener existencia. 2. (con un complemento de lugar) Encontrarse o tener presencia en un sitio determinado. 3. Estar vivo, poseer vida, vivir.
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 existir
- existo first-person present singular
- existí first-person preterite singular
- existido participle past
- existiendo gerund
- existida feminine participle past
- existidos masculine participle past
- existidas feminine participle past
- existes indicative informal present
- existís indicative informal present
- existe indicative present singular
- existimos first-person indicative plural
- existen indicative plural present
- existía first-person imperfect indicative
- existías imperfect indicative second-person
- existíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- existíais imperfect indicative plural
- existían imperfect indicative plural
- exististe indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce existir?
- /eɡsisˈtiɾ/
- [eɣ̞.sisˈt̪iɾ]
- [eksisˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to existir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is existir in Spanish?
existir appears 26 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).