imperar
Spanish, verb/impeˈɾaɾ/
imperar is a Spanish verb meaning “to reign, rule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dominar o mandar”.
What does imperar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reign, rule
- 2
to prevail
- 3
to be in command, be emperor
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dominar o mandar. 2. Ejercer el cargo de emperador.
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 imperar
- impero first-person present singular
- imperé first-person preterite singular
- imperado participle past
- imperando gerund
- imperada feminine participle past
- imperados masculine participle past
- imperadas feminine participle past
- imperas indicative informal present
- imperás indicative informal present
- impera indicative present singular
- imperamos first-person indicative plural
- imperáis indicative plural present
- imperan indicative plural present
- imperaba first-person imperfect indicative
- imperabas imperfect indicative second-person
- imperábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- imperabais imperfect indicative plural
- imperaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imperar?
- /impeˈɾaɾ/
- [ĩm.peˈɾaɾ]
- [ĩmpeˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imperar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imperar in Spanish?
imperar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).