gratar
Spanish, verb/ɡɾaˈtaɾ/
gratar is a Spanish verb meaning “to clean or polish with a wire brush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar lustre, limpiar y bruñir las piezas doradas o plateadas empleando una escobilla metálica para rasparlas…”.
What does gratar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clean or polish with a wire brush
El herrero grató la pieza de metal para darle un acabado suave.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar lustre, limpiar y bruñir las piezas doradas o plateadas empleando una escobilla metálica para rasparlas, llamada "grata".
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 gratar
- grato first-person present singular
- graté first-person preterite singular
- gratado participle past
- gratando gerund
- gratada feminine participle past
- gratados masculine participle past
- gratadas feminine participle past
- gratas indicative informal present
- gratás indicative informal present
- grata indicative present singular
- gratamos first-person indicative plural
- gratáis indicative plural present
- gratan indicative plural present
- grataba first-person imperfect indicative
- gratabas imperfect indicative second-person
- gratábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- gratabais imperfect indicative plural
- grataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gratar?
- /ɡɾaˈtaɾ/
- [ɡɾaˈt̪aɾ]
- [gɾaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.