representar
Spanish, verb/repɾesenˈtaɾ/
representar is spelled R-E-P-R-E-S-E-N-T-A-R (11 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,150th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Representar is a Spanish verb meaning “to represent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Crear en la mente una imagen, signo o palabra de algo”.
What does representar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to represent
- 2
to make up, constitute, account for
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Crear en la mente una imagen, signo o palabra de algo. 2. Ser algo el símbolo o equivalente de otra cosa. 3. Hacer un informe o declaración. 4. Desempeñar, ejecutar una obra de teatro frente al público.
verb: 1. Dicho de una persona, el cariño que se le tiene.
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 representar
- represento first-person present singular
- representé first-person preterite singular
- representado participle past
- representando gerund
- representada feminine participle past
- representados masculine participle past
- representadas feminine participle past
- representas indicative informal present
- representás indicative informal present
- representa indicative present singular
- representamos first-person indicative plural
- representáis indicative plural present
- representan indicative plural present
- representaba first-person imperfect indicative
- representabas imperfect indicative second-person
- representábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- representabais imperfect indicative plural
- representaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce representar?
- /repɾesenˈtaɾ/
- [re.pɾe.sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [repɾesẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to representar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is representar in Spanish?
representar appears 19 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).