mirar
Spanish, verb/miˈɾaɾ/
mirar is spelled M-I-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,576th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mirar is a Spanish verb meaning “to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fijar la vista en un objeto, aplicando juntamente la atención”.
What does mirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)
- 2
to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time)
Estábamos mirando la televisión.
- 3
to watch (to mind, attend, or guard)
- 4
to consider, think over (to think about seriously)
- 5
look (with adjectives)
El museo se mira chingón.
- 6
used for emphasis; look
¡Mira qué linda!
- 7
to seek, look for (to try to find)
- 8
to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fijar la vista en un objeto, aplicando juntamente la atención. 2. Tener o llevar uno por fin u objeto alguna cosa en lo que ejecuta. 3. Observar las acciones de uno. 4. Apreciar, atender, estimar una cosa.
verb: 1. Estar situado, puesto o colocado un edificio o cualquier cosa enfrente de otra.
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 mirar
- miro first-person present singular
- miré first-person preterite singular
- mirado participle past
- mirando gerund
- mirada feminine participle past
- mirados masculine participle past
- miradas feminine participle past
- miras indicative informal present
- mirás indicative informal present
- mira indicative present singular
- miramos first-person indicative plural
- miráis indicative plural present
- miran indicative plural present
- miraba first-person imperfect indicative
- mirabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mirábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mirabais imperfect indicative plural
- miraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mirar?
- /miˈɾaɾ/
- [miˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mirar in Spanish?
mirar appears 55 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).