explorar
Spanish, verb/eɡsploˈɾaɾ/
explorar is spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,498th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Explorar is a Spanish verb meaning “to explore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Observar, registrar, investigar sobre un lugar, situación u objeto”.
What does explorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to explore
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Observar, registrar, investigar sobre un lugar, situación u objeto. 2. Hacer observaciones relacionadas con un problema claramente definido con el propósito de ayudar a determinar el diseño de una investigación, los metódos de adquisición de datos y selección de sujetos, etc. 3. Realizar una serie de observaciones metódicas para diagnosticar a un paciente.
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 explorar
- exploro first-person present singular
- exploré first-person preterite singular
- explorado participle past
- explorando gerund
- explorada feminine participle past
- explorados masculine participle past
- exploradas feminine participle past
- exploras indicative informal present
- explorás indicative informal present
- explora indicative present singular
- exploramos first-person indicative plural
- exploráis indicative plural present
- exploran indicative plural present
- exploraba first-person imperfect indicative
- explorabas imperfect indicative second-person
- explorábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- explorabais imperfect indicative plural
- exploraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce explorar?
- /eɡsploˈɾaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.ploˈɾaɾ]
- informal /esploˈɾaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to explorar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is explorar in Spanish?
explorar appears 11 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).