recatar
Spanish, verb/rekaˈtaɾ/
recatar is spelled R-E-C-A-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Spanish, the 246,963rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recatar is a Spanish verb meaning “to hide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Impedir que algo se pueda ver, percibir o conocer”.
What does recatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hide
- 2
to retaste
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Impedir que algo se pueda ver, percibir o conocer.
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 recatar
- recato first-person present singular
- recaté first-person preterite singular
- recatado participle past
- recatando gerund
- recatada feminine participle past
- recatados masculine participle past
- recatadas feminine participle past
- recatas indicative informal present
- recatás indicative informal present
- recata indicative present singular
- recatamos first-person indicative plural
- recatáis indicative plural present
- recatan indicative plural present
- recataba first-person imperfect indicative
- recatabas imperfect indicative second-person
- recatábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recatabais imperfect indicative plural
- recataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recatar?
- /rekaˈtaɾ/
- [re.kaˈt̪aɾ]
- [rekaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recatar in Spanish?
recatar appears about once in every 49 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).