refrescar
Spanish, verb/refɾesˈkaɾ/
refrescar is spelled R-E-F-R-E-S-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,004th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refrescar is a Spanish verb meaning “to refresh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Atemperar, moderar, disminuir o rebajar el calor de una cosa”.
What does refrescar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refresh
- 2
to jog (stimulate a person's memory)
- 3
to freshen (the breath)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Atemperar, moderar, disminuir o rebajar el calor de una cosa. 2. Revitalizar. 3. Renovar, reproducir una acción. 4. Referido a una idea o sentimiento, hacer que se recuerde o se vuelva a sentir.
verb: 1. Aplacarse el calor. 2. Tomar fuerzas, vigor o aliento. 3. Dicho del viento: aumentar su fuerza.
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 refrescar
- refresco first-person present singular
- refresqué first-person preterite singular
- refrescado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- refrescando gerund
- refrescada feminine participle past
- refrescados masculine participle past
- refrescadas feminine participle past
- refrescas indicative informal present
- refrescás indicative informal present
- refresca indicative present singular
- refrescamos first-person indicative plural
- refrescáis indicative plural present
- refrescan indicative plural present
- refrescaba first-person imperfect indicative
- refrescabas imperfect indicative second-person
- refrescábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- refrescabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refrescar?
- /refɾesˈkaɾ/
- [re.fɾesˈkaɾ]
- [refɾesˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to refrescar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refrescar in Spanish?
refrescar appears 1.1 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).