linear
Spanish, verb/lineˈaɾ/
linear is spelled L-I-N-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linear is a Spanish verb meaning “to line” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Idear los medios o medidas para lograr un objetivo”.
What does linear mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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verb
- 1
to line
- 2
to outline, mark out
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Con forma similar a la de una línea; largo y delgado, con los lados casi paralelos.
verb: 1. Idear los medios o medidas para lograr un objetivo. 2. Dibujar, pintar, modelar o dar forma a los rasgos iniciales de una obra o proyecto. 3. Dar las indicaciones o tendencias generales sobre un tema, concepto, procedimiento o plan.
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 linear
- lineares feminine masculine plural
- lineo first-person present singular
- lineé first-person preterite singular
- lineado participle past
- lineando gerund
- lineada feminine participle past
- lineados masculine participle past
- lineadas feminine participle past
- lineas indicative informal present
- lineás indicative informal present
- linea indicative present singular
- lineamos first-person indicative plural
- lineáis indicative plural present
- linean indicative plural present
- lineaba first-person imperfect indicative
- lineabas imperfect indicative second-person
- lineábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- lineabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce linear?
- /lineˈaɾ/
- [li.neˈaɾ]
- [lineˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is linear in Spanish?
linear appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).