patrocinar
Spanish, verb/patɾoθiˈnaɾ/
patrocinar is spelled P-A-T-R-O-C-I-N-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 41,788th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patrocinar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sponsor (pay part of the cost of an event or service)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Defender, proteger, amparar y favorecer”.
What does patrocinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sponsor (pay part of the cost of an event or service)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Defender, proteger, amparar y favorecer. 2. Suministrar recursos financieros en especial con fines publicitarios.
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 patrocinar
- patrocino first-person present singular
- patrociné first-person preterite singular
- patrocinado participle past
- patrocinando gerund
- patrocinada feminine participle past
- patrocinados masculine participle past
- patrocinadas feminine participle past
- patrocinas indicative informal present
- patrocinás indicative informal present
- patrocina indicative present singular
- patrocinamos first-person indicative plural
- patrocináis indicative plural present
- patrocinan indicative plural present
- patrocinaba first-person imperfect indicative
- patrocinabas imperfect indicative second-person
- patrocinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- patrocinabais imperfect indicative plural
- patrocinaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patrocinar?
- /patɾoθiˈnaɾ/
- [pa.t̪ɾo.θiˈnaɾ]
- /patɾosiˈnaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patrocinar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patrocinar in Spanish?
patrocinar 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).