presenciar
Spanish, verb/pɾesenˈθjaɾ/
presenciar is spelled P-R-E-S-E-N-C-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presenciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to witness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estar presente o ser testigo de un suceso, evento, etc”.
What does presenciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to witness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estar presente o ser testigo de un suceso, evento, etc.
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 presenciar
- presencio first-person present singular
- presencié first-person preterite singular
- presenciado participle past
- presenciando gerund
- presenciada feminine participle past
- presenciados masculine participle past
- presenciadas feminine participle past
- presencias indicative informal present
- presenciás indicative informal present
- presencia indicative present singular
- presenciamos first-person indicative plural
- presenciáis indicative plural present
- presencian indicative plural present
- presenciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- presenciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- presenciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- presenciabais imperfect indicative plural
- presenciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce presenciar?
- /pɾesenˈθjaɾ/
- [pɾe.sẽn̟ˈθjaɾ]
- /pɾesenˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to presenciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is presenciar in Spanish?
presenciar appears 3.7 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).