preparar
Spanish, verb/pɾepaˈɾaɾ/
preparar is a Spanish verb meaning “to prepare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer los arreglos necesarios para determinado fin”.
What does preparar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prepare
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer los arreglos necesarios para determinado fin. 2. Poner a una persona en situación de hacer algo determinado. 3. Obtener un alimento, bebida, medicamento u otro producto haciendo las operaciones necesarias. 4. Aprender las lecciones de un curso, carrera o aprendizaje.
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 preparar
- preparo first-person present singular
- preparé first-person preterite singular
- preparado participle past
- preparando gerund
- preparada feminine participle past
- preparados masculine participle past
- preparadas feminine participle past
- preparas indicative informal present
- preparás indicative informal present
- prepara indicative present singular
- preparamos first-person indicative plural
- preparáis indicative plural present
- preparan indicative plural present
- preparaba first-person imperfect indicative
- preparabas imperfect indicative second-person
- preparábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- preparabais imperfect indicative plural
- preparaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preparar?
- /pɾepaˈɾaɾ/
- [pɾe.paˈɾaɾ]
- [pɾepaˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preparar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preparar in Spanish?
preparar appears 21 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).