taponar
Spanish, verb/tapoˈnaɾ/
taponar is spelled T-A-P-O-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taponar is a Spanish verb meaning “to plug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cerrar con tapón un orificio cualquiera”.
What does taponar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to plug
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cerrar con tapón un orificio cualquiera. 2. Obstruir un conducto. 3. Bloquear el tiro del rival con un tapón.
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 taponar
- tapono first-person present singular
- taponé first-person preterite singular
- taponado participle past
- taponando gerund
- taponada feminine participle past
- taponados masculine participle past
- taponadas feminine participle past
- taponas indicative informal present
- taponás indicative informal present
- tapona indicative present singular
- taponamos first-person indicative plural
- taponáis indicative plural present
- taponan indicative plural present
- taponaba first-person imperfect indicative
- taponabas imperfect indicative second-person
- taponábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- taponabais imperfect indicative plural
- taponaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taponar?
- /tapoˈnaɾ/
- [t̪a.poˈnaɾ]
- [t̪apoˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taponar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taponar in Spanish?
taponar appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).