heredar
Spanish, verb/eɾeˈdaɾ/
heredar is spelled H-E-R-E-D-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heredar is a Spanish verb meaning “to inherit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Transmitir las posesiones materiales de padres a hijos”.
What does heredar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inherit
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Transmitir las posesiones materiales de padres a hijos. 2. Traspasar algo dentro de una organización de un antecesor a su sucesor. 3. Recibir un rasgo físico o característico de la personalidad de algún antepasado.
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 heredar
- heredo first-person present singular
- heredé first-person preterite singular
- heredado participle past
- heredando gerund
- heredada feminine participle past
- heredados masculine participle past
- heredadas feminine participle past
- heredas indicative informal present
- heredás indicative informal present
- hereda indicative present singular
- heredamos first-person indicative plural
- heredáis indicative plural present
- heredan indicative plural present
- heredaba first-person imperfect indicative
- heredabas imperfect indicative second-person
- heredábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- heredabais imperfect indicative plural
- heredaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heredar?
- /eɾeˈdaɾ/
- [e.ɾeˈð̞aɾ]
- [eɾeˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heredar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heredar in Spanish?
heredar appears 1.9 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).