latir
Spanish, verb/laˈtiɾ/
latir is spelled L-A-T-I-R (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,880th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latir is a Spanish verb meaning “to beat, throb (said of a heart)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar ladridos o latidos”.
What does latir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beat, throb (said of a heart)
- 2
to bark
- 3
Mexicoto sound good, to spark interest
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar ladridos o latidos 2. Dar un golpe generado por tanto el movimiento alternativo y dilatativo como contracción cordial hacia la pared pectoral, o de las arterias hacia los tejidos que las ocultan.
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 latir
- lato first-person present singular
- latí first-person preterite singular
- latido participle past
- latiendo gerund
- latida feminine participle past
- latidos masculine participle past
- latidas feminine participle past
- lates indicative informal present
- latís indicative informal present
- late indicative present singular
- latimos first-person indicative plural
- laten indicative plural present
- latía first-person imperfect indicative
- latías imperfect indicative second-person
- latíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- latíais imperfect indicative plural
- latían imperfect indicative plural
- latiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce latir?
- /laˈtiɾ/
- [laˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to latir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is latir in Spanish?
latir appears 1.4 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).