interceptar
Spanish, verb/inteɾθebˈtaɾ/
interceptar is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-P-T-A-R (11 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,508th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interceptar is a Spanish verb meaning “to intercept” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apoderarse de una cosa antes de llegar a su destino”.
What does interceptar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intercept
- 2
to block, interrupt
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apoderarse de una cosa antes de llegar a su destino. 2. Detener una cosa en su camino. 3. Interrumpir o entorpecer.
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 interceptar
- intercepto first-person present singular
- intercepté first-person preterite singular
- interceptado participle past
- interceptando gerund
- interceptada feminine participle past
- interceptados masculine participle past
- interceptadas feminine participle past
- interceptas indicative informal present
- interceptás indicative informal present
- intercepta indicative present singular
- interceptamos first-person indicative plural
- interceptáis indicative plural present
- interceptan indicative plural present
- interceptaba first-person imperfect indicative
- interceptabas imperfect indicative second-person
- interceptábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- interceptabais imperfect indicative plural
- interceptaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interceptar?
- /inteɾθebˈtaɾ/
- [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.θeβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- /inteɾsebˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interceptar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interceptar in Spanish?
interceptar appears 1.5 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).