solicitar
Spanish, verb/soliθiˈtaɾ/
solicitar is spelled S-O-L-I-C-I-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,491st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Solicitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to request, to ask for, to solicit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pedir algo de forma respetuosa o siguiendo los usos más formales”.
What does solicitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to request, to ask for, to solicit
- 2
to attract
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pedir algo de forma respetuosa o siguiendo los usos más formales. 2. Pedir la atención, atraer o llamar el interés de alguien sobre uno. 3. Intentar atraer a alguien con propósito de amistad o amor. 4. Gestionar asuntos o negocios, hacer diligencias.
verb: 1. Pedir algo con insistencia y urgencia.
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 solicitar
- solicito first-person present singular
- solicité first-person preterite singular
- solicitado participle past
- solicitando gerund
- solicitada feminine participle past
- solicitados masculine participle past
- solicitadas feminine participle past
- solicitas indicative informal present
- solicitás indicative informal present
- solicita indicative present singular
- solicitamos first-person indicative plural
- solicitáis indicative plural present
- solicitan indicative plural present
- solicitaba first-person imperfect indicative
- solicitabas imperfect indicative second-person
- solicitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- solicitabais imperfect indicative plural
- solicitaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce solicitar?
- /soliθiˈtaɾ/
- [so.li.θiˈt̪aɾ]
- /solisiˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to solicitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is solicitar in Spanish?
solicitar appears 17 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).