generar
Spanish, verb/xeneˈɾaɾ/
generar is spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Generar is a Spanish verb meaning “to generate, to create, to produce, to cause” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer o realizar objetos y otras cosas”.
What does generar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to generate, to create, to produce, to cause
Una política de Estado para generar riqueza
- 2
to engender, to breed
El sufrimiento genera frecuentemente una especie de resiliencia.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer o realizar objetos y otras cosas. 2. Dícese del reproducir la especie. 3. Ser motivo o causa para que acaezca una cosa.
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 generar
- genero first-person present singular
- generé first-person preterite singular
- generado participle past
- generando gerund
- generada feminine participle past
- generados masculine participle past
- generadas feminine participle past
- generas indicative informal present
- generás indicative informal present
- genera indicative present singular
- generamos first-person indicative plural
- generáis indicative plural present
- generan indicative plural present
- generaba first-person imperfect indicative
- generabas imperfect indicative second-person
- generábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- generabais imperfect indicative plural
- generaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce generar?
- /xeneˈɾaɾ/
- [xe.neˈɾaɾ]
- [xeneˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to generar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is generar in Spanish?
generar appears 35 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).