plantear
Spanish, verb/planteˈaɾ/
plantear is spelled P-L-A-N-T-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,230th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plantear is a Spanish verb meaning “to bring up, to pose, to present (e.g., a problem, challenge, threat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Establecer un sistema, una institución o una reforma”.
What does plantear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring up, to pose, to present (e.g., a problem, challenge, threat)
- 2
to raise, to pose, to suggest, to propose, to bring up, to formulate (e.g., a question, a solution, an idea)
- 3
to consider
- 4
to arise, to come up
- 5
colloquialto show off; to sport (something)
Él plantea sus nuevos zapatos.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Establecer un sistema, una institución o una reforma.
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 plantear
- planteo first-person present singular
- planteé first-person preterite singular
- planteado participle past
- planteando gerund
- planteada feminine participle past
- planteados masculine participle past
- planteadas feminine participle past
- planteas indicative informal present
- planteás indicative informal present
- plantea indicative present singular
- planteamos first-person indicative plural
- planteáis indicative plural present
- plantean indicative plural present
- planteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- planteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- planteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- planteabais imperfect indicative plural
- planteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plantear?
- /planteˈaɾ/
- [plãn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [plãn̪t̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plantear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plantear in Spanish?
plantear appears 8.3 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).