terraformar
Spanish, verb[t̪erafoɾˈmaɾ]
terraformar is spelled T-E-R-R-A-F-O-R-M-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish, the 241,869th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terraformar is a Spanish verb meaning “to terraform (modify a planet or other astronomical object to make it more Earth-like and livable for humans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Transformar el ambiente de un planeta para que tenga las características de otro planeta; especialmente, para…”.
What does terraformar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to terraform (modify a planet or other astronomical object to make it more Earth-like and livable for humans)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Transformar el ambiente de un planeta para que tenga las características de otro planeta; especialmente, para volverlo habitable con características similares a las de la Tierra.
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 terraformar
- terraformo first-person present singular
- terraformé first-person preterite singular
- terraformado participle past
- terraformando gerund
- terraformada feminine participle past
- terraformados masculine participle past
- terraformadas feminine participle past
- terraformas indicative informal present
- terraformás indicative informal present
- terraforma indicative present singular
- terraformamos first-person indicative plural
- terraformáis indicative plural present
- terraforman indicative plural present
- terraformaba first-person imperfect indicative
- terraformabas imperfect indicative second-person
- terraformábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- terraformabais imperfect indicative plural
- terraformaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terraformar?
- [t̪erafoɾˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to terraformar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terraformar in Spanish?
terraformar 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).