refractar
Spanish, verb/refɾaɡˈtaɾ/
refractar is spelled R-E-F-R-A-C-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Spanish, the 246,963rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refractar is a Spanish verb meaning “to refract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desviar la trayectoria de un haz de luz o de cualquier otra onda al pasar de forma inclinada de un medio a…”.
What does refractar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refract
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desviar la trayectoria de un haz de luz o de cualquier otra onda al pasar de forma inclinada de un medio a otro con diferente velocidad de propagación.
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 refractar
- refracto first-person present singular
- refracté first-person preterite singular
- refractado participle past
- refractando gerund
- refractada feminine participle past
- refractados masculine participle past
- refractadas feminine participle past
- refractas indicative informal present
- refractás indicative informal present
- refracta indicative present singular
- refractamos first-person indicative plural
- refractáis indicative plural present
- refractan indicative plural present
- refractaba first-person imperfect indicative
- refractabas imperfect indicative second-person
- refractábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- refractabais imperfect indicative plural
- refractaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refractar?
- /refɾaɡˈtaɾ/
- [re.fɾaɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [refɾakˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to refractar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refractar in Spanish?
refractar 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).