forjar
Spanish, verb/foɾˈxaɾ/
forjar is spelled F-O-R-J-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,682nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forjar is a Spanish verb meaning “to forge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Golpear el metal con un martillo para darle forma”.
What does forjar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forge
forjado a fuego
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Golpear el metal con un martillo para darle forma. 2. Hacer un forjado. 3. Inventar, crear, imaginar (por ej. fantasías, ilusiones, hechos, etc.)
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 forjar
- forjo first-person present singular
- forjé first-person preterite singular
- forjado participle past
- forjando gerund
- forjada feminine participle past
- forjados masculine participle past
- forjadas feminine participle past
- forjas indicative informal present
- forjás indicative informal present
- forja indicative present singular
- forjamos first-person indicative plural
- forjáis indicative plural present
- forjan indicative plural present
- forjaba first-person imperfect indicative
- forjabas imperfect indicative second-person
- forjábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- forjabais imperfect indicative plural
- forjaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forjar?
- /foɾˈxaɾ/
- [foɾˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to forjar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forjar in Spanish?
forjar appears 1.9 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).