placer
Spanish, noun/plaˈθeɾ/
placer is spelled P-L-A-C-E-R (6 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Placer is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pleasure; something done to please” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sentimiento de satisfacción o sensación agradable”.
What does placer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to like (something or someone)
Esto me place mucho.
- 2
to please (somebody)
noun
- 1
masculinepleasure; something done to please
Ha sido un placer conocerte.
noun
- 1
masculineplacer (place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold)
Fuimos al placer.
- 2
masculinesandbank
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentimiento de satisfacción o sensación agradable. 2. Acción de pasar el tiempo agradablemente. 3. Sensación de disfrutar de algo intensamente. 4. Deseo de que se haga algo o conformidad con lo obrado.
verb: 1. Apetecer o resultar agradable; causar gusto o satisfacción.
noun: 1. Banco de arena o piedra, de cierta extensión, en el mar. 2. Yacimiento aurífero en las arenas de un curso de agua. 3. Pesquería de perlas. 4. Campo o terreno sin cultivar y descubierto situado en el interior o cercano de una ciudad.
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 placer
- plazco first-person present singular
- plací first-person preterite singular
- placido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- placiendo gerund
- placida feminine participle past
- placidos masculine participle past
- placidas feminine participle past
- places indicative informal present
- placés indicative informal present
- place indicative present singular
- placemos first-person indicative plural
- placéis indicative plural present
- placen indicative plural present
- placía first-person imperfect indicative
- placías imperfect indicative second-person
- placíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- placíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce placer?
- /plaˈθeɾ/
- [plaˈθeɾ]
- /plaˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to placer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is placer in Spanish?
placer appears 43 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).