hurtar
Spanish, verb/uɾˈtaɾ/
hurtar is spelled H-U-R-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,042nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hurtar is a Spanish verb meaning “to steal, to purloin, to shoplift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar o tomar para sí lo ajeno sin emplear violencia”.
What does hurtar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to steal, to purloin, to shoplift
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitar o tomar para sí lo ajeno sin emplear violencia. 2. Estafar en el peso o volumen en una transacción comercial. 3. Llevar el agua las tierras de la costa por erosión. 4. Desviar, apartar.
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 hurtar
- hurto first-person present singular
- hurté first-person preterite singular
- hurtado participle past
- hurtando gerund
- hurtada feminine participle past
- hurtados masculine participle past
- hurtadas feminine participle past
- hurtas indicative informal present
- hurtás indicative informal present
- hurta indicative present singular
- hurtamos first-person indicative plural
- hurtáis indicative plural present
- hurtan indicative plural present
- hurtaba first-person imperfect indicative
- hurtabas imperfect indicative second-person
- hurtábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- hurtabais imperfect indicative plural
- hurtaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hurtar?
- /uɾˈtaɾ/
- [uɾˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hurtar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hurtar in Spanish?
hurtar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).