orear
Spanish, verb/oɾeˈaɾ/
orear is spelled O-R-E-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish, the 239,276th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orear is a Spanish verb meaning “to air” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dejar algo a la intemperie para que le dé el aire y lo seque o le quite el mal olor”.
What does orear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to air
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dejar algo a la intemperie para que le dé el aire y lo seque o le quite el mal olor. 2. Dar el viento en una cosa, refrescándola. 3. Curar un producto alimenticio por secado ligero al aire.
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 orear
- oreo first-person present singular
- oreé first-person preterite singular
- oreado participle past
- oreando gerund
- oreada feminine participle past
- oreados masculine participle past
- oreadas feminine participle past
- oreas indicative informal present
- oreás indicative informal present
- orea indicative present singular
- oreamos first-person indicative plural
- oreáis indicative plural present
- orean indicative plural present
- oreaba first-person imperfect indicative
- oreabas imperfect indicative second-person
- oreábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- oreabais imperfect indicative plural
- oreaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orear?
- /oɾeˈaɾ/
- [o.ɾeˈaɾ]
- [oɾeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is orear in Spanish?
orear appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).