setear
Spanish, verb/seteˈaɾ/
setear is spelled S-E-T-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish, the 241,869th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Setear is a Spanish verb meaning “to set (put as a setting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acondicionar una situación para que ocurra algo determinado”.
What does setear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to set (put as a setting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Acondicionar una situación para que ocurra algo determinado. 2. Preparar o arreglar algo. 3. Poner rollos en el cabello.
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 setear
- seteo first-person present singular
- seteé first-person preterite singular
- seteado participle past
- seteando gerund
- seteada feminine participle past
- seteados masculine participle past
- seteadas feminine participle past
- seteas indicative informal present
- seteás indicative informal present
- setea indicative present singular
- seteamos first-person indicative plural
- seteáis indicative plural present
- setean indicative plural present
- seteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- seteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- seteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- seteabais imperfect indicative plural
- seteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce setear?
- /seteˈaɾ/
- [se.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [set̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to setear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is setear in Spanish?
setear appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).