orientar
Spanish, verb/oɾjenˈtaɾ/
orientar is spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,797th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orientar is a Spanish verb meaning “to orient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ubicar, situar o colocar algo teniendo en cuenta los puntos cardinales (norte, sur, oriente, occidente)”.
What does orientar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to orient
- 2
to get one's bearings
- 3
to be directed
- 4
to aim, to point at
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ubicar, situar o colocar algo teniendo en cuenta los puntos cardinales (norte, sur, oriente, occidente). 2. Determinar o establecer la posición o dirección relativa de algo respecto al entorno, a un punto cardinal u otro punto de referencia. 3. Indicar a alguien o algo el camino, dirección o ruta para llegar a un destino, lugar u objetivo. 4. Dar información a alguien sobre lo que necesita o desea saber respecto a un tema, un procedimiento, un campo de acción, un modo de proceder, una situación, etc.
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 orientar
- oriento first-person present singular
- orienté first-person preterite singular
- orientado participle past
- orientando gerund
- orientada feminine participle past
- orientados masculine participle past
- orientadas feminine participle past
- orientas indicative informal present
- orientás indicative informal present
- orienta indicative present singular
- orientamos first-person indicative plural
- orientáis indicative plural present
- orientan indicative plural present
- orientaba first-person imperfect indicative
- orientabas imperfect indicative second-person
- orientábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- orientabais imperfect indicative plural
- orientaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orientar?
- /oɾjenˈtaɾ/
- [o.ɾjẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [oɾjẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orientar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orientar in Spanish?
orientar appears 3.4 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).