percibir
Spanish, verb/peɾθiˈbiɾ/
percibir is spelled P-E-R-C-I-B-I-R (8 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,366th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Percibir is a Spanish verb meaning “to perceive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recibir una cosa y entregarse de ella”.
What does percibir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to perceive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Recibir una cosa y entregarse de ella. 2. Recibir por uno de los sentidos las especies o impresiones del objeto. 3. Comprender o conocer una cosa.
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 percibir
- percibo first-person present singular
- percibí first-person preterite singular
- percibido participle past
- percibiendo gerund
- percibida feminine participle past
- percibidos masculine participle past
- percibidas feminine participle past
- percibes indicative informal present
- percibís indicative informal present
- percibe indicative present singular
- percibimos first-person indicative plural
- perciben indicative plural present
- percibía first-person imperfect indicative
- percibías imperfect indicative second-person
- percibíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- percibíais imperfect indicative plural
- percibían imperfect indicative plural
- percibiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce percibir?
- /peɾθiˈbiɾ/
- [peɾ.θiˈβ̞iɾ]
- /peɾsiˈbiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to percibir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is percibir in Spanish?
percibir appears 5.4 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).