filtrar
Spanish, verb/filˈtɾaɾ/
filtrar is spelled F-I-L-T-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,278th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filtrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to filter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer pasar un líquido por un filtro”.
What does filtrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to filter
- 2
to leak (a secret)
- 3
to seep
- 4
to be leaked, to get leaked
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer pasar un líquido por un filtro. 2. Dicho de un sistema: seleccionar determinadas entradas y rechazar otras en función de algún criterio. 3. En una consulta a una base de datos, restringir el criterio de selección para los registros. 4. Divulgar información que se presuponía confidencial.
verb: 1. Penetrar un líquido a través de otro cuerpo sólido. 2. Dicho de una pared sólida que se suponía impermeable: dejar pasar líquido a través de sus poros, vanos o resquicios. 3. Demostrar la inteligencia en una determinada materia.
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 filtrar
- filtro first-person present singular
- filtré first-person preterite singular
- filtrado participle past
- filtrando gerund
- filtrada feminine participle past
- filtrados masculine participle past
- filtradas feminine participle past
- filtras indicative informal present
- filtrás indicative informal present
- filtra indicative present singular
- filtramos first-person indicative plural
- filtráis indicative plural present
- filtran indicative plural present
- filtraba first-person imperfect indicative
- filtrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- filtrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- filtrabais imperfect indicative plural
- filtraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filtrar?
- /filˈtɾaɾ/
- [fil̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filtrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filtrar in Spanish?
filtrar appears 3.2 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).