remontar
Spanish, verb/remonˈtaɾ/
remontar is spelled R-E-M-O-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,247th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Remontar is a Spanish verb meaning “to frighten away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vencer algún obstáculo”.
What does remontar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to frighten away
- 2
to overcome
- 3
to elevate
- 4
to repair
- 5
to go up (a river)
- 6
(+ a) to date back (to), to go back to, to be traced back (to a point in the past)
- 7
to come back, to fight back, to pull back (e.g. a goal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Vencer algún obstáculo. 2. Sobrepasar una inclinación. 3. Navegar en contra de la corriente. 4. Elevar, subir.
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 remontar
- remonto first-person present singular
- remonté first-person preterite singular
- remontado participle past
- remontando gerund
- remontada feminine participle past
- remontados masculine participle past
- remontadas feminine participle past
- remontas indicative informal present
- remontás indicative informal present
- remonta indicative present singular
- remontamos first-person indicative plural
- remontáis indicative plural present
- remontan indicative plural present
- remontaba first-person imperfect indicative
- remontabas imperfect indicative second-person
- remontábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- remontabais imperfect indicative plural
- remontaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce remontar?
- /remonˈtaɾ/
- [re.mõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [remõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is remontar in Spanish?
remontar appears 2.2 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).