limitar
Spanish, verb/limiˈtaɾ/
limitar is spelled L-I-M-I-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,098th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Limitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to limit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner límites a alguna cosa; señalarlos; reducir su extensión”.
What does limitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to limit
- 2
to abut, to border
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner límites a alguna cosa; señalarlos; reducir su extensión. 2. Circunscribir, ceñir a.
verb: 1. Tener límites con alguna cosa, como un país vecino, un terreno colindante, etc.
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 limitar
- limito first-person present singular
- limité first-person preterite singular
- limitado participle past
- limitando gerund
- limitada feminine participle past
- limitados masculine participle past
- limitadas feminine participle past
- limitas indicative informal present
- limitás indicative informal present
- limita indicative present singular
- limitamos first-person indicative plural
- limitáis indicative plural present
- limitan indicative plural present
- limitaba first-person imperfect indicative
- limitabas imperfect indicative second-person
- limitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- limitabais imperfect indicative plural
- limitaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce limitar?
- /limiˈtaɾ/
- [li.miˈt̪aɾ]
- [limiˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to limitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is limitar in Spanish?
limitar appears 8.5 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).