llenar
Spanish, verb/ʝeˈnaɾ/
llenar is spelled L-L-E-N-A-R (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,150th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Llenar is a Spanish verb meaning “to fill something up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ocupar con alguna cosa un espacio vacío de cualquier especie”.
What does llenar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fill something up
- 2
to fill out or complete a form
Por favor llene este formulario.
- 3
to complete a group
- 4
rareto become full
- 5
colloquialto gorge, to chow down
- 6
colloquialto smear, soil, stain (something or someone); to become smeared, dirty, stained.
Me llené las de pintura.
verb
- 1
rareto bother, to tire
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ocupar con alguna cosa un espacio vacío de cualquier especie. 2. Parecer bien, satisfacer una cosa. 3. Cargar, colmar abundantemente. 4. Hartarse de comida o bebida.
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 llenar
- lleno first-person present singular
- llené first-person preterite singular
- llenado participle past
- llenando gerund
- llenada feminine participle past
- llenados masculine participle past
- llenadas feminine participle past
- llenas indicative informal present
- llenás indicative informal present
- llena indicative present singular
- llenamos first-person indicative plural
- llenáis indicative plural present
- llenan indicative plural present
- llenaba first-person imperfect indicative
- llenabas imperfect indicative second-person
- llenábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- llenabais imperfect indicative plural
- llenaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce llenar?
- /ʝeˈnaɾ/
- [ɟ͡ʝeˈnaɾ]
- [ʝeˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to llenar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is llenar in Spanish?
llenar appears 19 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).