iluminar
Spanish, verb/ilumiˈnaɾ/
iluminar is spelled I-L-U-M-I-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,890th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Iluminar is a Spanish verb meaning “to illuminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alumbrar algo o darle luz”.
What does iluminar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to illuminate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Alumbrar algo o darle luz. 2. Adornar algún sitio con muchas luces. 3. Dar color o ilustrar las figuras de algún libro, estampa, etc. 4. Alumbrar o ilustrar interiormente Dios a los hombres y criaturas haciéndoles conocer la verdad.
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 iluminar
- ilumino first-person present singular
- iluminé first-person preterite singular
- iluminado participle past
- iluminando gerund
- iluminada feminine participle past
- iluminados masculine participle past
- iluminadas feminine participle past
- iluminas indicative informal present
- iluminás indicative informal present
- ilumina indicative present singular
- iluminamos first-person indicative plural
- ilumináis indicative plural present
- iluminan indicative plural present
- iluminaba first-person imperfect indicative
- iluminabas imperfect indicative second-person
- iluminábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- iluminabais imperfect indicative plural
- iluminaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce iluminar?
- /ilumiˈnaɾ/
- [i.lu.miˈnaɾ]
- [ilumiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to iluminar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is iluminar in Spanish?
iluminar appears 2.8 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).