ponderar
Spanish, verb/pondeˈɾaɾ/
ponderar is spelled P-O-N-D-E-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ponderar is a Spanish verb meaning “to ponder, consider” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Determinar el peso de una cosa”.
What does ponderar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ponder, consider
- 2
to weight
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Determinar el peso de una cosa. 2. Examinar con atención o considerar con prudencia las razones de una cosa para hacer juicio de ella. 3. Exagerar, encarecer. 4. Contrapesar, equilibrar.
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 ponderar
- pondero first-person present singular
- ponderé first-person preterite singular
- ponderado participle past
- ponderando gerund
- ponderada feminine participle past
- ponderados masculine participle past
- ponderadas feminine participle past
- ponderas indicative informal present
- ponderás indicative informal present
- pondera indicative present singular
- ponderamos first-person indicative plural
- ponderáis indicative plural present
- ponderan indicative plural present
- ponderaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ponderabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ponderábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ponderabais imperfect indicative plural
- ponderaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ponderar?
- /pondeˈɾaɾ/
- [põn̪.d̪eˈɾaɾ]
- [põn̪d̪eˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ponderar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ponderar in Spanish?
ponderar 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).