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proliferar

Spanish, verb/pɾolifeˈɾaɾ/

proliferar is spelled P-R-O-L-I-F-E-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proliferar is a Spanish verb meaning “to proliferate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does proliferar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to proliferate

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of proliferar

  • prolifero first-person present singular
  • proliferé first-person preterite singular
  • proliferado participle past
  • proliferando gerund
  • proliferada feminine participle past
  • proliferados masculine participle past
  • proliferadas feminine participle past
  • proliferas indicative informal present
  • proliferás indicative informal present
  • prolifera indicative present singular
  • proliferamos first-person indicative plural
  • proliferáis indicative plural present
  • proliferan indicative plural present
  • proliferaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • proliferabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • proliferábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • proliferabais imperfect indicative plural
  • proliferaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce proliferar?

  • /pɾolifeˈɾaɾ/
  • [pɾo.li.feˈɾaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to proliferar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is proliferar in Spanish?

proliferar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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