legitimar
Spanish, verb/lexitiˈmaɾ/
legitimar is spelled L-E-G-I-T-I-M-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,401st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legitimar is a Spanish verb meaning “to legitimize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Transformar algo en legítimo”.
What does legitimar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to legitimize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Transformar algo en legítimo. 2. Probar o justificar la verdad de una cosa o la calidad de una persona o cosa conforme a las leyes. 3. Hacer legítimo al hijo que no lo era. 4. Habilitar a una persona de suyo inhábil, para un oficio o empleo.
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 legitimar
- legitimo first-person present singular
- legitimé first-person preterite singular
- legitimado participle past
- legitimando gerund
- legitimada feminine participle past
- legitimados masculine participle past
- legitimadas feminine participle past
- legitimas indicative informal present
- legitimás indicative informal present
- legitima indicative present singular
- legitimamos first-person indicative plural
- legitimáis indicative plural present
- legitiman indicative plural present
- legitimaba first-person imperfect indicative
- legitimabas imperfect indicative second-person
- legitimábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- legitimabais imperfect indicative plural
- legitimaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legitimar?
- /lexitiˈmaɾ/
- [le.xi.t̪iˈmaɾ]
- [lexit̪iˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legitimar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legitimar in Spanish?
legitimar appears 1.8 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).