miar
Spanish, verb[ˈmjaɾ]
miar is a Spanish verb meaning “to meow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emitir su voz el gato, similar a la onomatopeya miau”.
What does miar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to meow
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Emitir su voz el gato, similar a la onomatopeya miau.
verb: 1. Expulsar líquido un organismo a través de la uretra, especialmente la orina.
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 miar
- mio first-person present singular
- mie first-person preterite singular
- miado participle past
- miando gerund
- miada feminine participle past
- miados masculine participle past
- miadas feminine participle past
- mias indicative present second-person
- mia indicative present singular
- miamos first-person indicative plural
- miais indicative plural present
- mian indicative plural present
- miaba first-person imperfect indicative
- miabas imperfect indicative second-person
- miábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- miabais imperfect indicative plural
- miaban imperfect indicative plural
- miaste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce miar?
- [ˈmjaɾ]
- [miˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is miar in Spanish?
miar appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).