extraviar
Spanish, verb/eɡstɾaˈbjaɾ/
extraviar is spelled E-X-T-R-A-V-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extraviar is a Spanish verb meaning “to mislay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perder algo, dejarlo en algún lugar sin darse cuenta, que luego no se recuerda dónde está, o donde no…”.
What does extraviar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mislay
- 2
to lead astray
- 3
to go astray, to get lost
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Perder algo, dejarlo en algún lugar sin darse cuenta, que luego no se recuerda dónde está, o donde no corresponde, de modo que otros no lo encuentran. 2. Hacer que alguien o algo pierda su camino, rumbo, dirección u orientación. 3. Dejar la vista o la mirada en suspenso, sin fijarse o enfocarse.
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 extraviar
- extravío first-person present singular
- extravié first-person preterite singular
- extraviado participle past
- i-í alternation
- extraviando gerund
- extraviada feminine participle past
- extraviados masculine participle past
- extraviadas feminine participle past
- extravías indicative informal present
- extraviás indicative informal present
- extravía indicative present singular
- extraviamos first-person indicative plural
- extraviáis indicative plural present
- extravían indicative plural present
- extraviaba first-person imperfect indicative
- extraviabas imperfect indicative second-person
- extraviábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- extraviabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extraviar?
- /eɡstɾaˈbjaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾaˈβ̞jaɾ]
- [ekst̪ɾaˈβ̞jaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to extraviar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extraviar in Spanish?
extraviar appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).