frenar
Spanish, verb/fɾeˈnaɾ/
frenar is spelled F-R-E-N-A-R (6 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,402nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frenar is a Spanish verb meaning “to brake (a vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que un vehículo o una máquina se detenga o aminore su velocidad empleando el freno”.
What does frenar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brake (a vehicle)
- 2
to restrain
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que un vehículo o una máquina se detenga o aminore su velocidad empleando el freno 2. Disminuir la intensidad de algo.
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 frenar
- freno first-person present singular
- frené first-person preterite singular
- frenado participle past
- frenando gerund
- frenada feminine participle past
- frenados masculine participle past
- frenadas feminine participle past
- frenas indicative informal present
- frenás indicative informal present
- frena indicative present singular
- frenamos first-person indicative plural
- frenáis indicative plural present
- frenan indicative plural present
- frenaba first-person imperfect indicative
- frenabas imperfect indicative second-person
- frenábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- frenabais imperfect indicative plural
- frenaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frenar?
- /fɾeˈnaɾ/
- [fɾeˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frenar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frenar in Spanish?
frenar appears 9.5 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).