licenciar
Spanish, verb/liθenˈθjaɾ/
licenciar is spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 84,644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Licenciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to license” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar (a un soldado) la licencia”.
What does licenciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to license
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar (a un soldado) la licencia. 2. Dar (a un estudiante) su título o certificado de finalización de carrera. 3. Otorgar la licencia que autorice el uso o la gestión de bienes o información protegidos. 4. Librar (a un soldado) de su rol de combatiente.
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 licenciar
- licencio first-person present singular
- licencié first-person preterite singular
- licenciado participle past
- licenciando gerund
- licenciada feminine participle past
- licenciados masculine participle past
- licenciadas feminine participle past
- licencias indicative informal present
- licenciás indicative informal present
- licencia indicative present singular
- licenciamos first-person indicative plural
- licenciáis indicative plural present
- licencian indicative plural present
- licenciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- licenciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- licenciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- licenciabais imperfect indicative plural
- licenciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce licenciar?
- /liθenˈθjaɾ/
- [li.θẽn̟ˈθjaɾ]
- /lisenˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to licenciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is licenciar in Spanish?
licenciar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).