federar
Spanish, verb/fedeˈɾaɾ/
federar is spelled F-E-D-E-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 189,865th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Federar is a Spanish verb meaning “to federate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Construir una unión con base en un contrato, pacto, etc”.
What does federar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to federate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Construir una unión con base en un contrato, pacto, etc. 2. Formar una unidad política de varios estados cada uno con independencia en asuntos internos, pero con un gobierno central.
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 federar
- federo first-person present singular
- federé first-person preterite singular
- federado participle past
- federando gerund
- federada feminine participle past
- federados masculine participle past
- federadas feminine participle past
- federas indicative informal present
- federás indicative informal present
- federa indicative present singular
- federamos first-person indicative plural
- federáis indicative plural present
- federan indicative plural present
- federaba first-person imperfect indicative
- federabas imperfect indicative second-person
- federábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- federabais imperfect indicative plural
- federaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce federar?
- /fedeˈɾaɾ/
- [fe.ð̞eˈɾaɾ]
- [feð̞eˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to federar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is federar in Spanish?
federar appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).