remendar
Spanish, verb/remenˈdaɾ/
remendar is spelled R-E-M-E-N-D-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 84,644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Remendar is a Spanish verb meaning “to improve, patch, mend, repair, patch up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reforzar con remiendo cualquier cosa que sea rota, vieja o ambas (especialmente la vestimenta)”.
What does remendar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to improve, patch, mend, repair, patch up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reforzar con remiendo cualquier cosa que sea rota, vieja o ambas (especialmente la vestimenta). 2. Utilizar puntadas para reforzar la parte gastada de cualquier tela, o cubrir con ellas un agujero en el tejido. 3. Corregir. 4. Acomodar algo a otra parte para suplir lo que le falta.
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 remendar
- remiendo first-person present singular
- remendé first-person preterite singular
- remendado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- remendando gerund
- remendada feminine participle past
- remendados masculine participle past
- remendadas feminine participle past
- remiendas indicative informal present
- remendás indicative informal present
- remienda indicative present singular
- remendamos first-person indicative plural
- remendáis indicative plural present
- remiendan indicative plural present
- remendaba first-person imperfect indicative
- remendabas imperfect indicative second-person
- remendábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- remendabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce remendar?
- /remenˈdaɾ/
- [re.mẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
- [remẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to remendar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is remendar in Spanish?
remendar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).