telefonear
Spanish, verb/telefoneˈaɾ/
telefonear is spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Telefonear is a Spanish verb meaning “to telephone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llamar o contactar con un teléfono”.
What does telefonear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to telephone
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llamar o contactar con un teléfono.
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 telefonear
- telefoneo first-person present singular
- telefoneé first-person preterite singular
- telefoneado participle past
- telefoneando gerund
- telefoneada feminine participle past
- telefoneados masculine participle past
- telefoneadas feminine participle past
- telefoneas indicative informal present
- telefoneás indicative informal present
- telefonea indicative present singular
- telefoneamos first-person indicative plural
- telefoneáis indicative plural present
- telefonean indicative plural present
- telefoneaba first-person imperfect indicative
- telefoneabas imperfect indicative second-person
- telefoneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- telefoneabais imperfect indicative plural
- telefoneaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce telefonear?
- /telefoneˈaɾ/
- [t̪e.le.fo.neˈaɾ]
- [t̪elefoneˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to telefonear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is telefonear in Spanish?
telefonear appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).