practicar
Spanish, verb/pɾaɡtiˈkaɾ/
practicar is spelled P-R-A-C-T-I-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Practicar is a Spanish verb meaning “to practice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ejercitar, poner en práctica una cosa que se ha aprendido y especulado”.
What does practicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to practice
¿Practica deportes?
- 2
to exercise
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ejercitar, poner en práctica una cosa que se ha aprendido y especulado. 2. Usar o ejercer continuadamente una cosa. 3. Ejercer algunos profesores la práctica, al lado y bajo la dirección de un maestro, por tiempo determinado. 4. Efectuar, hacer alguna cosa.
verb: 1. Conversar, tener trato o comercio con alguno.
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 practicar
- practico first-person present singular
- practiqué first-person preterite singular
- practicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- practicando gerund
- practicada feminine participle past
- practicados masculine participle past
- practicadas feminine participle past
- practicas indicative informal present
- practicás indicative informal present
- practica indicative present singular
- practicamos first-person indicative plural
- practicáis indicative plural present
- practican indicative plural present
- practicaba first-person imperfect indicative
- practicabas imperfect indicative second-person
- practicábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- practicabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce practicar?
- /pɾaɡtiˈkaɾ/
- [pɾaɣ̞.t̪iˈkaɾ]
- [pɾakt̪iˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to practicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is practicar in Spanish?
practicar appears 16 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).