laminar
Spanish, verb/lamiˈnaɾ/
laminar is spelled L-A-M-I-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 63,642nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laminar is a Spanish verb meaning “to laminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer láminas o planchas a partir de metales u otros materiales maleables”.
What does laminar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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verb
- 1
to laminate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene forma de lámina. 2. Aplícase a la estructura hojosa o foliácea.
verb: 1. Hacer láminas o planchas a partir de metales u otros materiales maleables. 2. Proteger o guarnecer algo (por ejemplo un documento) con láminas de algún material resistente. 3. Frenar o detener una avenida de agua, de manera que se almacene el agua proveniente del caudal máximo de avenida mediante el “esparcimiento” de la lámina de agua, de forma que se pueda “soltar” esa agua retenida de forma progresiva y con un caudal inferior, si bien más largo en el tiempo.
verb: 1. Pasar la lengua por alguna superficie o alimento. 2. Andar por ahí buscando golosinas u otras cosas, con curiosidad o deseo inapropiados.
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 laminar
- laminares feminine masculine plural
- lamino first-person present singular
- laminé first-person preterite singular
- laminado participle past
- laminando gerund
- laminada feminine participle past
- laminados masculine participle past
- laminadas feminine participle past
- laminas indicative informal present
- laminás indicative informal present
- lamina indicative present singular
- laminamos first-person indicative plural
- lamináis indicative plural present
- laminan indicative plural present
- laminaba first-person imperfect indicative
- laminabas imperfect indicative second-person
- laminábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- laminabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laminar?
- /lamiˈnaɾ/
- [la.miˈnaɾ]
- [lamiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laminar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laminar in Spanish?
laminar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).