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segar

Spanish, verb/seˈɡaɾ/

segar is a Spanish verb meaning “to harvest; to reap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cortar mieses o hierba con la hoz, la guadaña o cualquier máquina a propósito”.

What does segar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to harvest; to reap

  2. 2

    to mow

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Cortar mieses o hierba con la hoz, la guadaña o cualquier máquina a propósito. 2. Cortar de cualquier manera, y especialmente lo que sobresale o está más alto. 3. Cortar, impedir desconsiderada y bruscamente el desarrollo de algo. Dícese especialmente de esperanzas, ilusiones, actividades.

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 segar

  • siego first-person present singular
  • segué first-person preterite singular
  • segado participle past
  • e-ie alternation
  • g-gu alternation
  • segando gerund
  • segada feminine participle past
  • segados masculine participle past
  • segadas feminine participle past
  • siegas indicative informal present
  • segás indicative informal present
  • siega indicative present singular
  • segamos first-person indicative plural
  • segáis indicative plural present
  • siegan indicative plural present
  • segaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • segabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • segábamos first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce segar?

  • /seˈɡaɾ/
  • [seˈɣ̞aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to segar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is segar in Spanish?

segar 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).