recordar
Spanish, verb/rekoɾˈdaɾ/
recordar is spelled R-E-C-O-R-D-A-R (8 letters) and appears 58 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,512th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recordar is a Spanish verb meaning “to remember, to recollect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Traer a la memoria”.
What does recordar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remember, to recollect
¿Recuerdas a aquella mujer que no dejaba de tocar las ventanas, aunque se lo pedimos repetidamente?
- 2
to remember
- 3
proscribedto remember
- 4
proscribedto remember
- 5
to recall, remind of
El cuadro recuerda nuestra fragilidad.
- 6
to remind
- 7
to wake up
¿A qué hora recuerdas?
- 8
to wake up
Recuérdame a las cinco.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Traer a la memoria. 2. Excitar y mover a alguien a que tenga presente algo de que se hizo o que tomó a su cuidado. 3. Hacer a alguien recordar algo. 4. Asemejarse, poseer semejanza.
verb: 1. Despertar₅.
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 recordar
- recuerdo first-person present singular
- recordé first-person preterite singular
- recordado participle past
- o-ue alternation
- recordando gerund
- recordada feminine participle past
- recordados masculine participle past
- recordadas feminine participle past
- recuerdas indicative informal present
- recordás indicative informal present
- recuerda indicative present singular
- recordamos first-person indicative plural
- recordáis indicative plural present
- recuerdan indicative plural present
- recordaba first-person imperfect indicative
- recordabas imperfect indicative second-person
- recordábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recordabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recordar?
- /rekoɾˈdaɾ/
- [re.koɾˈð̞aɾ]
- [rekoɾˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recordar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recordar in Spanish?
recordar appears 58 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).