terciar
Spanish, verb/teɾˈθjaɾ/
terciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to tertiate, to divide into thirds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner una cosa atravesada diagonalmente o al sesgo, o ladearla. Dícese casi siempre respecto del cuerpo…”.
What does terciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tertiate, to divide into thirds
- 2
to mediate (resolve differences, intervene)
- 3
to turn out; end up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner una cosa atravesada diagonalmente o al sesgo, o ladearla. Dícese casi siempre respecto del cuerpo humano. 2. Dividir una cosa en tres partes. 3. Equilibrar la carga repartiéndola por igual a los dos lados de la acémila. 4. Dar la tercera reja o labor a las tierras, después de barbechadas y binadas.
verb: 1. Interponerse y mediar para componer algún ajuste, disputa o discordia. 2. Hacer tercio; tomar parte igual en la acción de otros. 3. Completar el número necesario de personas para alguna cosa. 4. Llegar al número de tres. Dícese regularmente de la Luna cuando llega al tercer día.
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 terciar
- tercio first-person present singular
- tercié first-person preterite singular
- terciado participle past
- terciando gerund
- terciada feminine participle past
- terciados masculine participle past
- terciadas feminine participle past
- tercias indicative informal present
- terciás indicative informal present
- tercia indicative present singular
- terciamos first-person indicative plural
- terciáis indicative plural present
- tercian indicative plural present
- terciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- terciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- terciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- terciabais imperfect indicative plural
- terciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terciar?
- /teɾˈθjaɾ/
- [t̪eɾˈθjaɾ]
- /teɾˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to terciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terciar in Spanish?
terciar appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).