subir
Spanish, verb/suˈbiɾ/
subir is spelled S-U-B-I-R (5 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,679th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subir is a Spanish verb meaning “to go up or come up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasar de un sitio o lugar a otro superior o elevado”.
What does subir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go up or come up
- 2
to raise
- 3
to climb
- 4
to upload
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pasar de un sitio o lugar a otro superior o elevado. 2. Ir hacia arriba. 3. Cabalgar, montar a un animal o una cosa. 4. Crecer en altura algo, aumentar en nivel.
verb: 1. Recorrer yendo hacia arriba, remontar. 2. Trasladar a alguien o algo a lugar más alto que el que ocupaba. 3. Hacer más alto algo o irlo aumentando hacia arriba. 4. Enderezar o poner derecho algo que estaba inclinado hacia abajo.
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 subir
- subo first-person present singular
- subí first-person preterite singular
- subido participle past
- subiendo gerund
- subida feminine participle past
- subidos masculine participle past
- subidas feminine participle past
- subes indicative informal present
- subís indicative informal present
- sube indicative present singular
- subimos first-person indicative plural
- suben indicative plural present
- subía first-person imperfect indicative
- subías imperfect indicative second-person
- subíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- subíais imperfect indicative plural
- subían imperfect indicative plural
- subiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subir?
- /suˈbiɾ/
- [suˈβ̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subir in Spanish?
subir appears 51 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).