historiar
Spanish, verb/istoˈɾjaɾ/
historiar is spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish, the 220,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Historiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to depict (history), write down a history” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Crear historias o relatos”.
What does historiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to depict (history), write down a history
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Crear historias o relatos. 2. Relatar, contar o narrar las aventuras o vicisitudes que ha experimentado alguien o algo. 3. Representar de forma gráfica un relato de sucesos históricos, fabulosos o legendarios. 4. Crear complicaciones o confusión en una situación, introduciendo información falsa o irrelevante.
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 historiar
- historío first-person present singular
- historio first-person present singular
- historié first-person preterite singular
- historiado participle past
- i-í alternation
- historiando gerund
- historiada feminine participle past
- historiados masculine participle past
- historiadas feminine participle past
- historías indicative present second-person
- historias indicative informal present
- historiás indicative informal present
- historía indicative present singular
- historia indicative present singular
- historiamos first-person indicative plural
- historiáis indicative plural present
- historían indicative plural present
- historian indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce historiar?
- /istoˈɾjaɾ/
- [is.t̪oˈɾjaɾ]
- [ist̪oˈɾjaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to historiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is historiar in Spanish?
historiar appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).