funcionar
Spanish, verb/funθjoˈnaɾ/
funcionar is spelled F-U-N-C-I-O-N-A-R (9 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,394th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Funcionar is a Spanish verb meaning “to work, to function” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Realizar la o las funciones para lo que una labor o un mecanismo fue concebido”.
What does funcionar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to work, to function
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Realizar la o las funciones para lo que una labor o un mecanismo fue concebido. 2. Marchar bien, cumplir con éxito una función. 3. Cumplir con lo que se espera de un asunto.
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 funcionar
- funciono first-person present singular
- funcioné first-person preterite singular
- funcionado participle past
- funcionando gerund
- funcionada feminine participle past
- funcionados masculine participle past
- funcionadas feminine participle past
- funcionas indicative informal present
- funcionás indicative informal present
- funciona indicative present singular
- funcionamos first-person indicative plural
- funcionáis indicative plural present
- funcionan indicative plural present
- funcionaba first-person imperfect indicative
- funcionabas imperfect indicative second-person
- funcionábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- funcionabais imperfect indicative plural
- funcionaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce funcionar?
- /funθjoˈnaɾ/
- [fũn̟.θjoˈnaɾ]
- /funsjoˈnaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to funcionar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is funcionar in Spanish?
funcionar appears 24 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).