petar
Spanish, verb/peˈtaɾ/
petar is spelled P-E-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 49,460th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petar is a Spanish verb meaning “to explode, blow up, let off, set off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar sensación de agrado o placer”.
What does petar mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto explode, blow up, let off, set off
La bomba petó.
- 2
to fill up; cram; be packed
Anoche la discoteca estaba petada.
- 3
to crash (a malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable)
Se ha petado Windows, tengo que reiniciar el ordenador.
- 4
colloquialto rule, to kill it, to rock
¡Quiero petarlo con esta fiesta!
- 5
colloquialto please, gratify, content
Me peta ese restaurante.
- 6
colloquialto spam, to flood (with messages, questions, calls, etc.)
¡No me petes a mensajes!
- 7
to hit the floor, to knock on the door
- 8
colloquialto succeed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar sensación de agrado o placer. 2. Malograrse el funcionamiento o propósito de algo. 3. Golpear repetidamente una superficie, en especial una puerta. 4. Practicar sexo, en particular cuando es anal.
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 petar
- peto first-person present singular
- peté first-person preterite singular
- petado participle past
- petando gerund
- petada feminine participle past
- petados masculine participle past
- petadas feminine participle past
- petas indicative informal present
- petás indicative informal present
- peta indicative present singular
- petamos first-person indicative plural
- petáis indicative plural present
- petan indicative plural present
- petaba first-person imperfect indicative
- petabas imperfect indicative second-person
- petábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- petabais imperfect indicative plural
- petaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce petar?
- /peˈtaɾ/
- [peˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is petar in Spanish?
petar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).