fraguar
Spanish, verb/fɾaˈɡwaɾ/
fraguar is spelled F-R-A-G-U-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fraguar is a Spanish verb meaning “to forge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Modelar el metal en la forja”.
What does fraguar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forge
- 2
to conceive of, to hatch
- 3
to set
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Modelar el metal en la forja. 2. Por extensión, idear y discurrir planes o designios. Se usa más en sentido peyorativo.
verb: 1. Secarse y endurecerse un material de construcción ya dispuesto (cal, yeso y otras masas), adoptando su forma y resistencia finales.
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 fraguar
- fraguo first-person present singular
- fragüé first-person preterite singular
- fraguado participle past
- gu-gü alternation
- fraguando gerund
- fraguada feminine participle past
- fraguados masculine participle past
- fraguadas feminine participle past
- fraguas indicative informal present
- fraguás indicative informal present
- fragua indicative present singular
- fraguamos first-person indicative plural
- fraguáis indicative plural present
- fraguan indicative plural present
- fraguaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fraguabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fraguábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fraguabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fraguar?
- /fɾaˈɡwaɾ/
- [fɾaˈɣ̞waɾ]
- [fɾaɣ̞uˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fraguar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fraguar in Spanish?
fraguar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).