humectar
Spanish, verb/umeɡˈtaɾ/
humectar is spelled H-U-M-E-C-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish, the 236,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humectar is a Spanish verb meaning “to dampen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Impregnar algo con agua o restablecer la cantidad normal de agua en algo”.
What does humectar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dampen
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Impregnar algo con agua o restablecer la cantidad normal de agua en algo.
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 humectar
- humecto first-person present singular
- humecté first-person preterite singular
- humectado participle past
- humectando gerund
- humectada feminine participle past
- humectados masculine participle past
- humectadas feminine participle past
- humectas indicative informal present
- humectás indicative informal present
- humecta indicative present singular
- humectamos first-person indicative plural
- humectáis indicative plural present
- humectan indicative plural present
- humectaba first-person imperfect indicative
- humectabas imperfect indicative second-person
- humectábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- humectabais imperfect indicative plural
- humectaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce humectar?
- /umeɡˈtaɾ/
- [u.meɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [umekˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to humectar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is humectar in Spanish?
humectar appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).