tejer
Spanish, verb/teˈxeɾ/
tejer is spelled T-E-J-E-R (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,753rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tejer is a Spanish verb meaning “to knit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer un tejido cruzando hilos o fibras”.
What does tejer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to knit
- 2
to weave
- 3
to spin (e.g. a web, a tale)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer un tejido cruzando hilos o fibras. 2. Fabricar la araña y algunos insectos su tela o su capullo. 3. Elaborar cuidadosamente un proyecto o plan. 4. Juntar, cruzar, entremezclar dos o más cosas para formar un todo.
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 tejer
- tejo first-person present singular
- tejí first-person preterite singular
- tejido participle past
- tejiendo gerund
- tejida feminine participle past
- tejidos masculine participle past
- tejidas feminine participle past
- tejes indicative informal present
- tejés indicative informal present
- teje indicative present singular
- tejemos first-person indicative plural
- tejéis indicative plural present
- tejen indicative plural present
- tejía first-person imperfect indicative
- tejías imperfect indicative second-person
- tejíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- tejíais imperfect indicative plural
- tejían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tejer?
- /teˈxeɾ/
- [t̪eˈxeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tejer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tejer in Spanish?
tejer appears 1.7 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).