predominar
Spanish, verb/pɾedomiˈnaɾ/
predominar is spelled P-R-E-D-O-M-I-N-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 85,557th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Predominar is a Spanish verb meaning “to predominate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ser superior o más importante; tener mayor fuerza o influencia; tener prelación o primacía”.
What does predominar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to predominate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ser superior o más importante; tener mayor fuerza o influencia; tener prelación o primacía. 2. Ser algo de mayor cantidad, número, intensidad o frecuencia que otras cosas.
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 predominar
- predomino first-person present singular
- predominé first-person preterite singular
- predominado participle past
- predominando gerund
- predominada feminine participle past
- predominados masculine participle past
- predominadas feminine participle past
- predominas indicative informal present
- predominás indicative informal present
- predomina indicative present singular
- predominamos first-person indicative plural
- predomináis indicative plural present
- predominan indicative plural present
- predominaba first-person imperfect indicative
- predominabas imperfect indicative second-person
- predominábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- predominabais imperfect indicative plural
- predominaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce predominar?
- /pɾedomiˈnaɾ/
- [pɾe.ð̞o.miˈnaɾ]
- [pɾeð̞omiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to predominar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is predominar in Spanish?
predominar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).