obrar
Spanish, verb/oˈbɾaɾ/
obrar is spelled O-B-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,265th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to act, to behave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ejecutar una acción, hacer algo”.
What does obrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to act, to behave
- 2
to work (to function correctly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ejecutar una acción, hacer algo. 2. Trabajar en una obra, elaborarla o construirla. 3. Tener un resultado o efecto.
verb: 1. Realizar actos de manera consciente. 2. Expulsar del cuerpo las heces de la digestión. 3. Estar una cosa en cierto lugar, generalmente en poder de alguien.
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 obrar
- obro first-person present singular
- obré first-person preterite singular
- obrado participle past
- obrando gerund
- obrada feminine participle past
- obrados masculine participle past
- obradas feminine participle past
- obras indicative informal present
- obrás indicative informal present
- obra indicative present singular
- obramos first-person indicative plural
- obráis indicative plural present
- obran indicative plural present
- obraba first-person imperfect indicative
- obrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- obrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- obrabais imperfect indicative plural
- obraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obrar?
- /oˈbɾaɾ/
- [oˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obrar in Spanish?
obrar appears 1.4 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).