instar
Spanish, verb/insˈtaɾ/
instar is spelled I-N-S-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,167th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instar is a Spanish verb meaning “to urge (press someone to do something soon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Repetir la súplica o petición o insistir en ella con ahínco”.
What does instar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to urge (press someone to do something soon)
- 2
to insist (repeat a plea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Repetir la súplica o petición o insistir en ella con ahínco. 2. En las escuelas, impugnar la solución dada al argumento.
verb: 1. Apretar o urgir la pronta ejecución de una cosa.
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 instar
- insto first-person present singular
- insté first-person preterite singular
- instado participle past
- instando gerund
- instada feminine participle past
- instados masculine participle past
- instadas feminine participle past
- instas indicative informal present
- instás indicative informal present
- insta indicative present singular
- instamos first-person indicative plural
- instáis indicative plural present
- instan indicative plural present
- instaba first-person imperfect indicative
- instabas imperfect indicative second-person
- instábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- instabais imperfect indicative plural
- instaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instar?
- /insˈtaɾ/
- [ĩnsˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instar in Spanish?
instar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).