perar
Spanish, verb/peˈɾaɾ/
perar is spelled P-E-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish, the 257,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perar is a Spanish verb meaning “apheretic form of esperar (“to wait”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante subestándar de esperar”.
What does perar mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialapheretic form of esperar (“to wait”)
Pérame, déjame tomar agua primero.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Variante subestándar de esperar.
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 perar
- pero first-person present singular
- peré first-person preterite singular
- perado participle past
- perando gerund
- perada feminine participle past
- perados masculine participle past
- peradas feminine participle past
- peras indicative informal present
- perás indicative informal present
- pera indicative present singular
- peramos first-person indicative plural
- peráis indicative plural present
- peran indicative plural present
- peraba first-person imperfect indicative
- perabas imperfect indicative second-person
- perábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- perabais imperfect indicative plural
- peraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perar?
- /peˈɾaɾ/
- [peˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is perar in Spanish?
perar appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).