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sumar

Spanish, verb/suˈmaɾ/

sumar is spelled S-U-M-A-R (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,766th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sumar is a Spanish verb meaning “to add” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Añadir”.

What does sumar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to add

  2. 2

    to add, to add up

  3. 3

    to join up

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Añadir. 2. Juntar en una cantidad varias cantidades homogéneas. 3. Componer una cantidad total de varias cantidades. 4. Abreviar, extractar, compendiar un tema que estaba vasto y difuso.

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 sumar

  • sumo first-person present singular
  • sumé first-person preterite singular
  • sumado participle past
  • sumando gerund
  • sumada feminine participle past
  • sumados masculine participle past
  • sumadas feminine participle past
  • sumas indicative informal present
  • sumás indicative informal present
  • suma indicative present singular
  • sumamos first-person indicative plural
  • sumáis indicative plural present
  • suman indicative plural present
  • sumaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • sumabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • sumábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • sumabais imperfect indicative plural
  • sumaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce sumar?

  • /suˈmaɾ/
  • [suˈmaɾ]

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

English words that translate to sumar

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

How common is sumar in Spanish?

sumar appears 11 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).

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