intercalar
Spanish, verb/inteɾkaˈlaɾ/
intercalar is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-A-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 72,568th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intercalar is a Spanish verb meaning “to intersperse, to intercut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does intercalar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineintercalated
verb
- 1
to intersperse, to intercut
- 2
to insert, to interject, to sandwich
- 3
to intercalate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of intercalar
- intercalares feminine masculine plural
- intercalo first-person present singular
- intercalé first-person preterite singular
- intercalado participle past
- intercalando gerund
- intercalada feminine participle past
- intercalados masculine participle past
- intercaladas feminine participle past
- intercalas indicative informal present
- intercalás indicative informal present
- intercala indicative present singular
- intercalamos first-person indicative plural
- intercaláis indicative plural present
- intercalan indicative plural present
- intercalaba first-person imperfect indicative
- intercalabas imperfect indicative second-person
- intercalábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- intercalabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intercalar?
- /inteɾkaˈlaɾ/
- [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.kaˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intercalar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intercalar in Spanish?
intercalar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).