notar
Spanish, verb/noˈtaɾ/
notar is spelled N-O-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,184th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Notar is a Spanish verb meaning “to note (make a written record of and/or purposefully commit to memory)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Señalar o marcar algo para que se conozca o se advierta”.
What does notar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to note (make a written record of and/or purposefully commit to memory)
- 2
to show, to be noticed, to become obvious
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Señalar o marcar algo para que se conozca o se advierta. 2. Observar o advertir. 3. Apuntar brevemente alguna cosa para extenderla después o acordarse de ella. 4. Poner notas advertencias o reparos a los libros o escritos.
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 notar
- noto first-person present singular
- noté first-person preterite singular
- notado participle past
- notando gerund
- notada feminine participle past
- notados masculine participle past
- notadas feminine participle past
- notas indicative informal present
- notás indicative informal present
- nota indicative present singular
- notamos first-person indicative plural
- notáis indicative plural present
- notan indicative plural present
- notaba first-person imperfect indicative
- notabas imperfect indicative second-person
- notábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- notabais imperfect indicative plural
- notaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce notar?
- /noˈtaɾ/
- [noˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to notar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is notar in Spanish?
notar appears 15 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).