privar
Spanish, verb/pɾiˈbaɾ/
privar is spelled P-R-I-V-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,665th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Privar is a Spanish verb meaning “to deprive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitarle algo a alguien”.
What does privar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deprive
privar a alguien de algo
- 2
to prohibit
- 3
to refrain from doing something
- 4
to do without
- 5
to be in vogue
- 6
colloquialto enjoy immensely (gustar-like)
Le priva viajar.
- 7
Latin-Americato pass out, fall unconscious
- 8
to get excited
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitarle algo a alguien.
verb: 1. Beber alcohol.
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 privar
- privo first-person present singular
- privé first-person preterite singular
- privado participle past
- privando gerund
- privada feminine participle past
- privados masculine participle past
- privadas feminine participle past
- privas indicative informal present
- privás indicative informal present
- priva indicative present singular
- privamos first-person indicative plural
- priváis indicative plural present
- privan indicative plural present
- privaba first-person imperfect indicative
- privabas imperfect indicative second-person
- privábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- privabais imperfect indicative plural
- privaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce privar?
- /pɾiˈbaɾ/
- [pɾiˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to privar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is privar in Spanish?
privar appears 1.4 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).