publicar
Spanish, verb/publiˈkaɾ/
publicar is a Spanish verb meaning “to publish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer notorio o patente, por medio de voz de pregonero o por otros medios, algo que se quiere hacer llegar a…”.
What does publicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to publish
- 2
to release
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer notorio o patente, por medio de voz de pregonero o por otros medios, algo que se quiere hacer llegar a noticia de todos. 2. Hacer patente y manifiesto al público algo. 3. Revelar o decir lo que estaba secreto u oculto y se debía callar. 4. Correr las amonestaciones para el matrimonio y las órdenes sagradas.
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 publicar
- publico first-person present singular
- publiqué first-person preterite singular
- publicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- publicando gerund
- publicada feminine participle past
- publicados masculine participle past
- publicadas feminine participle past
- publicas indicative informal present
- publicás indicative informal present
- publica indicative present singular
- publicamos first-person indicative plural
- publicáis indicative plural present
- publican indicative plural present
- publicaba first-person imperfect indicative
- publicabas imperfect indicative second-person
- publicábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- publicabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce publicar?
- /publiˈkaɾ/
- [pu.β̞liˈkaɾ]
- [puβ̞liˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to publicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is publicar in Spanish?
publicar appears 28 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).