insinuar
Spanish, verb/insiˈnwaɾ/
insinuar is spelled I-N-S-I-N-U-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insinuar is a Spanish verb meaning “insinuate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comunicar un sentido o significado sin expresarlo de modo explícito; dar a entender solamente indicando de un…”.
What does insinuar mean in English?
verb
- 1
insinuate
- 2
hint
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Comunicar un sentido o significado sin expresarlo de modo explícito; dar a entender solamente indicando de un modo indirecto, tácito o por alusión.
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 insinuar
- insinúo first-person present singular
- insinué first-person preterite singular
- insinuado participle past
- u-ú alternation
- insinuando gerund
- insinuada feminine participle past
- insinuados masculine participle past
- insinuadas feminine participle past
- insinúas indicative informal present
- insinuás indicative informal present
- insinúa indicative present singular
- insinuamos first-person indicative plural
- insinuáis indicative plural present
- insinúan indicative plural present
- insinuaba first-person imperfect indicative
- insinuabas imperfect indicative second-person
- insinuábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- insinuabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insinuar?
- /insiˈnwaɾ/
- [ĩn.siˈnwaɾ]
- [ĩnsiˈnwaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insinuar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insinuar in Spanish?
insinuar appears 1.1 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).