patinar
Spanish, verb/patiˈnaɾ/
patinar is spelled P-A-T-I-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patinar is a Spanish verb meaning “to skate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Usar patines por deporte o como medio de locomoción”.
What does patinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skate
- 2
to slip, slide
verb
- 1
to patine
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Usar patines por deporte o como medio de locomoción. 2. Deslizarse, generalmente involuntariamente, sobre un terreno liso o resbaladizo. 3. Ejercer la prostitución en las calles.
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 patinar
- patino first-person present singular
- patiné first-person preterite singular
- patinado participle past
- patinando gerund
- patinada feminine participle past
- patinados masculine participle past
- patinadas feminine participle past
- patinas indicative informal present
- patinás indicative informal present
- patina indicative present singular
- patinamos first-person indicative plural
- patináis indicative plural present
- patinan indicative plural present
- patinaba first-person imperfect indicative
- patinabas imperfect indicative second-person
- patinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- patinabais imperfect indicative plural
- patinaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patinar?
- /patiˈnaɾ/
- [pa.t̪iˈnaɾ]
- [pat̪iˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patinar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patinar in Spanish?
patinar appears 1.2 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).