reposar
Spanish, verb/repoˈsaɾ/
reposar is spelled R-E-P-O-S-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,880th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reposar is a Spanish verb meaning “to repose, to rest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Descansar, dar intermisión a la fatiga o al trabajo”.
What does reposar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to repose, to rest
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Descansar, dar intermisión a la fatiga o al trabajo. 2. Descansar, durmiendo un breve sueño. 3. Permanecer en quietud y paz y sin alteración una cosa. 4. Estar enterrado, yacer.
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 reposar
- reposo first-person present singular
- reposé first-person preterite singular
- reposado participle past
- reposando gerund
- reposada feminine participle past
- reposados masculine participle past
- reposadas feminine participle past
- reposas indicative informal present
- reposás indicative informal present
- reposa indicative present singular
- reposamos first-person indicative plural
- reposáis indicative plural present
- reposan indicative plural present
- reposaba first-person imperfect indicative
- reposabas imperfect indicative second-person
- reposábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- reposabais imperfect indicative plural
- reposaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reposar?
- /repoˈsaɾ/
- [re.poˈsaɾ]
- [repoˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reposar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reposar in Spanish?
reposar appears 1.4 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).