requintar
Spanish, verb[rekĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
requintar is spelled R-E-Q-U-I-N-T-A-R (9 letters). Requintar is a Spanish verb meaning “to outdo; to better” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quintar por segunda vez”.
What does requintar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to outdo; to better
- 2
to put the tuning up or down by five tones
- 3
to insult; hurl abuse (at)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quintar por segunda vez. 2. Pujar la quinta parte en los arrendamientos. 3. Sobrepujar mucho.
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 requintar
- requinto first-person present singular
- requinté first-person preterite singular
- requintado participle past
- requintando gerund
- requintada feminine participle past
- requintados masculine participle past
- requintadas feminine participle past
- requintas indicative informal present
- requintás indicative informal present
- requinta indicative present singular
- requintamos first-person indicative plural
- requintáis indicative plural present
- requintan indicative plural present
- requintaba first-person imperfect indicative
- requintabas imperfect indicative second-person
- requintábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- requintabais imperfect indicative plural
- requintaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce requintar?
- [rekĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.