imaginar
Spanish, verb/imaxiˈnaɾ/
imaginar is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,177th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imaginar is a Spanish verb meaning “to imagine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Representar en la mente algo que no existe o que no está presente”.
What does imaginar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to imagine
Imagínate.
- 2
to imagine, to suppose
Me imagino que sí
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Representar en la mente algo que no existe o que no está presente. 2. Formar un juicio a partir de indicios leves y sin consistencia. 3. Utilizar imágenes para adornar o ilustrar.
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 imaginar
- imagino first-person present singular
- imaginé first-person preterite singular
- imaginado participle past
- imaginando gerund
- imaginada feminine participle past
- imaginados masculine participle past
- imaginadas feminine participle past
- imaginas indicative informal present
- imaginás indicative informal present
- imagina indicative present singular
- imaginamos first-person indicative plural
- imagináis indicative plural present
- imaginan indicative plural present
- imaginaba first-person imperfect indicative
- imaginabas imperfect indicative second-person
- imaginábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- imaginabais imperfect indicative plural
- imaginaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imaginar?
- /imaxiˈnaɾ/
- [i.ma.xiˈnaɾ]
- [imaxiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imaginar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imaginar in Spanish?
imaginar appears 26 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).