pontificar
Spanish, verb[põn̪t̪ifiˈkaɾ]
pontificar is spelled P-O-N-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 128,005th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pontificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pontificate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Presidir una misa el pontífice u obispo”.
What does pontificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pontificate
- 2
to orate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Presidir una misa el pontífice u obispo. 2. Exponer principios o ideas como si fuesen completamente verdaderas y con aire de grandeza (como un pontífice). 3. Hablar de manera pedante y dogmática, o paternalista, especialmente por un tiempo largo.
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 pontificar
- pontifico first-person present singular
- pontifiqué first-person preterite singular
- pontificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- pontificando gerund
- pontificada feminine participle past
- pontificados masculine participle past
- pontificadas feminine participle past
- pontificas indicative informal present
- pontificás indicative informal present
- pontifica indicative present singular
- pontificamos first-person indicative plural
- pontificáis indicative plural present
- pontifican indicative plural present
- pontificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pontificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pontificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pontificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pontificar?
- [põn̪t̪ifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pontificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pontificar in Spanish?
pontificar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).