prolongar
Spanish, verb/pɾolonˈɡaɾ/
prolongar is spelled P-R-O-L-O-N-G-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,247th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prolongar is a Spanish verb meaning “to prolong, drag out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer más largo espacialmente, alargar”.
What does prolongar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prolong, drag out
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer más largo espacialmente, alargar. 2. Hacer más largo en términos de tiempo, hacer que dure más.
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 prolongar
- prolongo first-person present singular
- prolongué first-person preterite singular
- prolongado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- prolongando gerund
- prolongada feminine participle past
- prolongados masculine participle past
- prolongadas feminine participle past
- prolongas indicative informal present
- prolongás indicative informal present
- prolonga indicative present singular
- prolongamos first-person indicative plural
- prolongáis indicative plural present
- prolongan indicative plural present
- prolongaba first-person imperfect indicative
- prolongabas imperfect indicative second-person
- prolongábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- prolongabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prolongar?
- /pɾolonˈɡaɾ/
- [pɾo.lõŋˈɡaɾ]
- [pɾolõŋˈgaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prolongar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prolongar in Spanish?
prolongar appears 2.2 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).