ganar
Spanish, verb/ɡaˈnaɾ/
ganar is spelled G-A-N-A-R (5 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written Spanish, the 704th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ganar is a Spanish verb meaning “to gain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obtener un beneficio económico”.
What does ganar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gain
- 2
to earn
- 3
to win
- 4
to defeat, to beat
- 5
to reach; to attain
- 6
to earn (something) for oneself
- 7
to position oneself, to situate oneself
La gata se ganó al lado de la chimenea.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Obtener un beneficio económico. 2. Obtener una ganancia a través de cualquier medio. 3. Salir victorioso de una lucha, disputa o competición. 4. Aventajar en algo a otro.
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 ganar
- gano first-person present singular
- gané first-person preterite singular
- ganado participle past
- ganando gerund
- ganada feminine participle past
- ganados masculine participle past
- ganadas feminine participle past
- ganas indicative informal present
- ganás indicative informal present
- gana indicative present singular
- ganamos first-person indicative plural
- ganáis indicative plural present
- ganan indicative plural present
- ganaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ganabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ganábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ganabais imperfect indicative plural
- ganaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ganar?
- /ɡaˈnaɾ/
- [ɡaˈnaɾ]
- [gaˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ganar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ganar in Spanish?
ganar appears 123 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).