lancear
Spanish, verb/lanθeˈaɾ/
lancear is spelled L-A-N-C-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish, the 239,276th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lancear is a Spanish verb meaning “to spear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Herir con la lanza”.
What does lancear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Herir con la lanza. 2. Punguear, hurtar.
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 lancear
- lanceo first-person present singular
- lanceé first-person preterite singular
- lanceado participle past
- lanceando gerund
- lanceada feminine participle past
- lanceados masculine participle past
- lanceadas feminine participle past
- lanceas indicative informal present
- lanceás indicative informal present
- lancea indicative present singular
- lanceamos first-person indicative plural
- lanceáis indicative plural present
- lancean indicative plural present
- lanceaba first-person imperfect indicative
- lanceabas imperfect indicative second-person
- lanceábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- lanceabais imperfect indicative plural
- lanceaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lancear?
- /lanθeˈaɾ/
- [lãn̟.θeˈaɾ]
- /lanseˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lancear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lancear in Spanish?
lancear appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).