reclutar
Spanish, verb/rekluˈtaɾ/
reclutar is spelled R-E-C-L-U-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,462nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reclutar is a Spanish verb meaning “to recruit (enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Contratar, enrolar”.
What does reclutar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recruit (enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Contratar, enrolar. 2. Alistar en un cuerpo castrense por la fuerza y sin derecho a protesta.
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 reclutar
- recluto first-person present singular
- recluté first-person preterite singular
- reclutado participle past
- reclutando gerund
- reclutada feminine participle past
- reclutados masculine participle past
- reclutadas feminine participle past
- reclutas indicative informal present
- reclutás indicative informal present
- recluta indicative present singular
- reclutamos first-person indicative plural
- reclutáis indicative plural present
- reclutan indicative plural present
- reclutaba first-person imperfect indicative
- reclutabas imperfect indicative second-person
- reclutábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- reclutabais imperfect indicative plural
- reclutaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reclutar?
- /rekluˈtaɾ/
- [re.kluˈt̪aɾ]
- [rekluˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reclutar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reclutar in Spanish?
reclutar appears 2.7 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).