figurar
Spanish, verb/fiɡuˈɾaɾ/
figurar is spelled F-I-G-U-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,761st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Figurar is a Spanish verb meaning “to appear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Disponer, delinear y formar la figura de una cosa”.
What does figurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to appear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Disponer, delinear y formar la figura de una cosa. 2. Aparentar, suponer, fingir.
verb: 1. Formar parte o pertenecer al número de determinadas personas o cosas. 2. Tener autoridad y prestigio en el mundo, o quererlo aparentar.
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 figurar
- figuro first-person present singular
- figuré first-person preterite singular
- figurado participle past
- figurando gerund
- figurada feminine participle past
- figurados masculine participle past
- figuradas feminine participle past
- figuras indicative informal present
- figurás indicative informal present
- figura indicative present singular
- figuramos first-person indicative plural
- figuráis indicative plural present
- figuran indicative plural present
- figuraba first-person imperfect indicative
- figurabas imperfect indicative second-person
- figurábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- figurabais imperfect indicative plural
- figuraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce figurar?
- /fiɡuˈɾaɾ/
- [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
- [fiɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to figurar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is figurar in Spanish?
figurar appears 2.6 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).