explayar
Spanish, verb/eɡsplaˈʝaɾ/
explayar is spelled E-X-P-L-A-Y-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 150,504th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Explayar is a Spanish verb meaning “to extend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ensanchar, extender”.
What does explayar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extend
- 2
to expound, elaborate, dwell on (go into the details)
- 3
colloquialto sit down while spreading one's legs or taking too much space.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ensanchar, extender.
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 explayar
- explayo first-person present singular
- explayé first-person preterite singular
- explayado participle past
- explayando gerund
- explayada feminine participle past
- explayados masculine participle past
- explayadas feminine participle past
- explayas indicative informal present
- explayás indicative informal present
- explaya indicative present singular
- explayamos first-person indicative plural
- explayáis indicative plural present
- explayan indicative plural present
- explayaba first-person imperfect indicative
- explayabas imperfect indicative second-person
- explayábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- explayabais imperfect indicative plural
- explayaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce explayar?
- /eɡsplaˈʝaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.plaˈʝaɾ]
- [eksplaˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to explayar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is explayar in Spanish?
explayar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).