orientarse
Spanish, verb[oɾjẽn̪ˈt̪aɾse]
orientarse is spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-R-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 44,034th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orientarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of orientar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Determinar o establecer la propia posición, rumbo o dirección respecto a un punto cardinal u otro punto de…”.
What does orientarse mean in English?
verb
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infinitive of orientar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Determinar o establecer la propia posición, rumbo o dirección respecto a un punto cardinal u otro punto de referencia. 2. Descubrir, reconocer o intuir el camino, dirección o ruta para llegar a un destino, lugar u objetivo. 3. Obtener o deducir la información básica para manejar un tema, un procedimiento, un campo de acción, un modo de proceder, 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 orientarse
- haberse orientado impersonal infinitive
- orientándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose orientado impersonal gerund
- orientado impersonal participle
- me oriento first-person singular indicative
- te orientas second-person singular indicative
- te orientás second-person singular vos-form
- se orienta third-person singular indicative
- nos orientamos first-person plural indicative
- os orientáis second-person plural indicative
- se orientan third-person plural indicative
- me orientaba first-person singular indicative
- te orientabas second-person singular indicative
- se orientaba third-person singular indicative
- nos orientábamos first-person plural indicative
- os orientabais second-person plural indicative
- se orientaban third-person plural indicative
- me orienté first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orientarse?
- [oɾjẽn̪ˈt̪aɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orientarse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orientarse in Spanish?
orientarse appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).