formar
Spanish, verb/foɾˈmaɾ/
formar is spelled F-O-R-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,814th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formar is a Spanish verb meaning “to form, to create” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar forma o figura, crear, componer”.
What does formar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to form, to create
- 2
to train, to educate
- 3
to make up, to constitute
- 4
to line up (to get in a line)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar forma o figura, crear, componer. 2. Hacer o configurar un todo, conjunto o grupo mediante la unión o composición de sus partes. 3. Hacer que alguien aprenda cierta disciplina, área del saber, práctica profesional o conducta moral. 4. Dar (como creador) o integrar (como parte) un orden, formato, formación, cortejo o cuerpo en cierta disposición.
verb: 1. Bordar con hilo de seda (torzal o felpilla) un perfil antes dibujado en la tela.
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 formar
- formo first-person present singular
- formé first-person preterite singular
- formado participle past
- formando gerund
- formada feminine participle past
- formados masculine participle past
- formadas feminine participle past
- formas indicative informal present
- formás indicative informal present
- forma indicative present singular
- formamos first-person indicative plural
- formáis indicative plural present
- forman indicative plural present
- formaba first-person imperfect indicative
- formabas imperfect indicative second-person
- formábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- formabais imperfect indicative plural
- formaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formar?
- /foɾˈmaɾ/
- [foɾˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to formar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formar in Spanish?
formar appears 48 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).