poblar
Spanish, verb/poˈblaɾ/
poblar is spelled P-O-B-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poblar is a Spanish verb meaning “to populate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Formar pueblos”.
What does poblar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to populate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Formar pueblos. 2. Ocupar con gente un lugar que está aun deshabitado. 3. Ocupar con animales u otros seres vivos un lugar que no los tenía previamente. 4. Vivir en un lugar animales o seres humanos.
verb: 1. Reproducirse en gran número, procrear en abundancia.
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 poblar
- pueblo first-person present singular
- poblé first-person preterite singular
- poblado participle past
- o-ue alternation
- poblando gerund
- poblada feminine participle past
- poblados masculine participle past
- pobladas feminine participle past
- pueblas indicative informal present
- poblás indicative informal present
- puebla indicative present singular
- poblamos first-person indicative plural
- pobláis indicative plural present
- pueblan indicative plural present
- poblaba first-person imperfect indicative
- poblabas imperfect indicative second-person
- poblábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- poblabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poblar?
- /poˈblaɾ/
- [poˈβ̞laɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poblar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poblar in Spanish?
poblar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).