impostar
Spanish, verb[ĩmposˈt̪aɾ]
impostar is spelled I-M-P-O-S-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impostar is a Spanish verb meaning “to project (the voice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Preparar las cuerdas vocales para, al cantar, emitir la voz con firmeza y plenitud”.
What does impostar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to project (the voice)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Preparar las cuerdas vocales para, al cantar, emitir la voz con firmeza y plenitud. 2. Por extensión, cambiar el tono de voz deliberadamente para resaltar alguna connotación en el discurso.
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 impostar
- imposto first-person present singular
- imposté first-person preterite singular
- impostado participle past
- impostando gerund
- impostada feminine participle past
- impostados masculine participle past
- impostadas feminine participle past
- impostas indicative informal present
- impostás indicative informal present
- imposta indicative present singular
- impostamos first-person indicative plural
- impostáis indicative plural present
- impostan indicative plural present
- impostaba first-person imperfect indicative
- impostabas imperfect indicative second-person
- impostábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- impostabais imperfect indicative plural
- impostaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impostar?
- [ĩmposˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is impostar in Spanish?
impostar appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).