orar
Spanish, verb/oˈɾaɾ/
orar is spelled O-R-A-R (4 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dirigir palabras o pensamientos hacia una divinidad u otra instancia metafísica superior para loarla…”.
What does orar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pray
- 2
to orate (to speak in favor of or against something in public)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dirigir palabras o pensamientos hacia una divinidad u otra instancia metafísica superior para loarla, solicitar misericordia o dádivas, etc 2. Departir en público para influir o intentar convencer a la audiencia 3. Solicitar o instar humilde o sumisamente
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 orar
- oro first-person present singular
- oré first-person preterite singular
- orado participle past
- orando gerund
- orada feminine participle past
- orados masculine participle past
- oradas feminine participle past
- oras indicative informal present
- orás indicative informal present
- ora indicative present singular
- oramos first-person indicative plural
- oráis indicative plural present
- oran indicative plural present
- oraba first-person imperfect indicative
- orabas imperfect indicative second-person
- orábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- orabais imperfect indicative plural
- oraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orar?
- /oˈɾaɾ/
- [oˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orar in Spanish?
orar appears 3.1 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).