pivotar
Spanish, verb/piboˈtaɾ/
pivotar is spelled P-I-V-O-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pivotar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pivot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cambiar radicalmente el nicho de mercado al cual va dirigido un producto o las estrategias para posicionarlo”.
What does pivotar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pivot
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cambiar radicalmente el nicho de mercado al cual va dirigido un producto o las estrategias para posicionarlo. 2. Por extensión, dedicarse a otro oficio distinto al que se venía ejerciendo, es decir, dedicarse a otra 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 pivotar
- pivoto first-person present singular
- pivoté first-person preterite singular
- pivotado participle past
- pivotando gerund
- pivotada feminine participle past
- pivotados masculine participle past
- pivotadas feminine participle past
- pivotas indicative informal present
- pivotás indicative informal present
- pivota indicative present singular
- pivotamos first-person indicative plural
- pivotáis indicative plural present
- pivotan indicative plural present
- pivotaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pivotabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pivotábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pivotabais imperfect indicative plural
- pivotaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pivotar?
- /piboˈtaɾ/
- [pi.β̞oˈt̪aɾ]
- [piβ̞oˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pivotar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pivotar in Spanish?
pivotar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).