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prospectar

Spanish, verb/pɾospeɡˈtaɾ/

prospectar is a Spanish verb meaning “to prospect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does prospectar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to prospect

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

Forms of prospectar

  • prospecto first-person present singular
  • prospecté first-person preterite singular
  • prospectado participle past
  • prospectando gerund
  • prospectada feminine participle past
  • prospectados masculine participle past
  • prospectadas feminine participle past
  • prospectas indicative informal present
  • prospectás indicative informal present
  • prospecta indicative present singular
  • prospectamos first-person indicative plural
  • prospectáis indicative plural present
  • prospectan indicative plural present
  • prospectaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • prospectabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • prospectábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • prospectabais imperfect indicative plural
  • prospectaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce prospectar?

  • /pɾospeɡˈtaɾ/
  • [pɾos.peɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]

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

How common is prospectar in Spanish?

prospectar appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.

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