muscular
Spanish, verb/muskuˈlaɾ/
muscular is spelled M-U-S-C-U-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muscular is a Spanish verb meaning “to build muscle mass by exercising” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer ejercicio para fortalecer los músculos, y en particular, para aumentar su volumen”.
What does muscular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemuscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles)
verb
- 1
to build muscle mass by exercising
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio de los músculos o relacionado con ellos.
verb: 1. Hacer ejercicio para fortalecer los músculos, y en particular, para aumentar su volumen.
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 muscular
- musculares feminine masculine plural
- musculo first-person present singular
- musculé first-person preterite singular
- musculado participle past
- musculando gerund
- musculada feminine participle past
- musculados masculine participle past
- musculadas feminine participle past
- musculas indicative informal present
- musculás indicative informal present
- muscula indicative present singular
- musculamos first-person indicative plural
- musculáis indicative plural present
- musculan indicative plural present
- musculaba first-person imperfect indicative
- musculabas imperfect indicative second-person
- musculábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- musculabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muscular?
- /muskuˈlaɾ/
- [mus.kuˈlaɾ]
- [muskuˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to muscular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is muscular in Spanish?
muscular appears 6.2 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).