improvisar
Spanish, verb/impɾobiˈsaɾ/
improvisar is spelled I-M-P-R-O-V-I-S-A-R (10 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Improvisar is a Spanish verb meaning “to improvise (make something up as one goes on)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Realizar un acto sin tenerlo previsto, preparado o planeado. Es muy usual en el comportamiento de los niños…”.
What does improvisar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to improvise (make something up as one goes on)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Realizar un acto sin tenerlo previsto, preparado o planeado. Es muy usual en el comportamiento de los niños, causando a veces gracia y sorpresa. Es una de las principales facultades que tienen los artistas.
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 improvisar
- improviso first-person present singular
- improvisé first-person preterite singular
- improvisado participle past
- improvisando gerund
- improvisada feminine participle past
- improvisados masculine participle past
- improvisadas feminine participle past
- improvisas indicative informal present
- improvisás indicative informal present
- improvisa indicative present singular
- improvisamos first-person indicative plural
- improvisáis indicative plural present
- improvisan indicative plural present
- improvisaba first-person imperfect indicative
- improvisabas imperfect indicative second-person
- improvisábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- improvisabais imperfect indicative plural
- improvisaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce improvisar?
- /impɾobiˈsaɾ/
- [ĩm.pɾo.β̞iˈsaɾ]
- [ĩmpɾoβ̞iˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to improvisar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is improvisar in Spanish?
improvisar appears 1.7 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).