parafrasear
Spanish, verb/paɾafɾaseˈaɾ/
parafrasear is spelled P-A-R-A-F-R-A-S-E-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 99,300th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parafrasear is a Spanish verb meaning “to paraphrase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ilustrar o ejemplificar una idea para hacerla más fácil de comprender”.
What does parafrasear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to paraphrase
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ilustrar o ejemplificar una idea para hacerla más fácil de comprender. 2. Citar una frase o refrán conocidos, cambiando parte de ella.
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 parafrasear
- parafraseo first-person present singular
- parafraseé first-person preterite singular
- parafraseado participle past
- parafraseando gerund
- parafraseada feminine participle past
- parafraseados masculine participle past
- parafraseadas feminine participle past
- parafraseas indicative informal present
- parafraseás indicative informal present
- parafrasea indicative present singular
- parafraseamos first-person indicative plural
- parafraseáis indicative plural present
- parafrasean indicative plural present
- parafraseaba first-person imperfect indicative
- parafraseabas imperfect indicative second-person
- parafraseábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- parafraseabais imperfect indicative plural
- parafraseaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parafrasear?
- /paɾafɾaseˈaɾ/
- [pa.ɾa.fɾa.seˈaɾ]
- [paɾafɾaseˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parafrasear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parafrasear in Spanish?
parafrasear appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).