incentivar
Spanish, verb/inθentiˈbaɾ/
incentivar is spelled I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-A-R (10 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incentivar is a Spanish verb meaning “to foster, to provide incentive, to incentivize, to encourage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tratar de motivar a alguien para que haga algo con algún incentivo o recompensa por cumplirlo”.
What does incentivar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to foster, to provide incentive, to incentivize, to encourage
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tratar de motivar a alguien para que haga algo con algún incentivo o recompensa por cumplirlo.
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 incentivar
- incentivo first-person present singular
- incentivé first-person preterite singular
- incentivado participle past
- incentivando gerund
- incentivada feminine participle past
- incentivados masculine participle past
- incentivadas feminine participle past
- incentivas indicative informal present
- incentivás indicative informal present
- incentiva indicative present singular
- incentivamos first-person indicative plural
- incentiváis indicative plural present
- incentivan indicative plural present
- incentivaba first-person imperfect indicative
- incentivabas imperfect indicative second-person
- incentivábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- incentivabais imperfect indicative plural
- incentivaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incentivar?
- /inθentiˈbaɾ/
- [ĩn̟.θẽn̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
- /insentiˈbaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incentivar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incentivar in Spanish?
incentivar appears 3.9 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).