protestar
Spanish, verb/pɾotesˈtaɾ/
protestar is spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,830th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protestar is a Spanish verb meaning “to protest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresar o publicar un propósito”.
What does protestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to protest
- 2
to protest (to publicly demonstrate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Expresar o publicar un propósito. 2. Expresar públicamente la fe y creencias. 3. Hacer un testimonio notarial confirmando que no se ha pagado una letra de cambio.
verb: 1. Expresar enérgicamente una inconformidad, o queja 2. Afirmar o aseverar enérgicamente y con convicción 3. Quejarse, refunfuñar
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 protestar
- protesto first-person present singular
- protesté first-person preterite singular
- protestado participle past
- protestando gerund
- protestada feminine participle past
- protestados masculine participle past
- protestadas feminine participle past
- protestas indicative informal present
- protestás indicative informal present
- protesta indicative present singular
- protestamos first-person indicative plural
- protestáis indicative plural present
- protestan indicative plural present
- protestaba first-person imperfect indicative
- protestabas imperfect indicative second-person
- protestábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- protestabais imperfect indicative plural
- protestaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protestar?
- /pɾotesˈtaɾ/
- [pɾo.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
- [pɾot̪esˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protestar in Spanish?
protestar appears 8.9 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).