expresar
Spanish, verb/eɡspɾeˈsaɾ/
expresar is spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-A-R (8 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,767th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expresar is a Spanish verb meaning “to express” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer entender, comunicar, manifestar algo de manera explícita mediante palabras, movimientos, gestos, u…”.
What does expresar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to express
Nos gustaría expresar nuestro agradecimiento al director.
- 2
to specify
- 3
to express oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer entender, comunicar, manifestar algo de manera explícita mediante palabras, movimientos, gestos, u otros medios. 2. Transmitir un mensaje mediante el arte.
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 expresar
- expreso first-person present singular
- expresé first-person preterite singular
- expresado participle past
- expresando gerund
- expresada feminine participle past
- expresados masculine participle past
- expresadas feminine participle past
- expresas indicative informal present
- expresás indicative informal present
- expresa indicative present singular
- expresamos first-person indicative plural
- expresáis indicative plural present
- expresan indicative plural present
- expresaba first-person imperfect indicative
- expresabas imperfect indicative second-person
- expresábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- expresabais imperfect indicative plural
- expresaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expresar?
- /eɡspɾeˈsaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.pɾeˈsaɾ]
- [ekspɾeˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expresar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expresar in Spanish?
expresar appears 21 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).