rebotar
Spanish, verb/reboˈtaɾ/
rebotar is spelled R-E-B-O-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,860th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rebotar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bounce, ricochet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cambiar de dirección un cuerpo tras chocar con otro fijo por principio de acción y reacción, especialmente…”.
What does rebotar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bounce, ricochet
- 2
to get pissed off
- 3
to refuse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cambiar de dirección un cuerpo tras chocar con otro fijo por principio de acción y reacción, especialmente los elásticos. 2. Dicho de un cheque: haber sido rechazado por falta de fondos. 3. No llegar un mensaje de correo electrónico al destinatario.
verb: 1. Redoblar o volver la punta de una cosa aguda. 2. Levantar con la rebotadera el pelo del paño que se va a tundir. 3. Resistir un cuerpo a otro, forzándole a retroceder en su curso o movimiento. 4. Rechazar una propuesta amorosa.
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 rebotar
- reboto first-person present singular
- reboté first-person preterite singular
- rebotado participle past
- rebotando gerund
- rebotada feminine participle past
- rebotados masculine participle past
- rebotadas feminine participle past
- rebotas indicative informal present
- rebotás indicative informal present
- rebota indicative present singular
- rebotamos first-person indicative plural
- rebotáis indicative plural present
- rebotan indicative plural present
- rebotaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rebotabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rebotábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rebotabais imperfect indicative plural
- rebotaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rebotar?
- /reboˈtaɾ/
- [re.β̞oˈt̪aɾ]
- [reβ̞oˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rebotar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rebotar in Spanish?
rebotar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).