transbordar
Spanish, verb/tɾansboɾˈdaɾ/
transbordar is spelled T-R-A-N-S-B-O-R-D-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transbordar is a Spanish verb meaning “to transfer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cambiar de vehículo en el trayecto hacia un destino, sobre todo cuando se trata de transporte público”.
What does transbordar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to transfer
- 2
to transfer, to interchange, change (from one means of transport to another)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cambiar de vehículo en el trayecto hacia un destino, sobre todo cuando se trata de transporte público.
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 transbordar
- transbordo first-person present singular
- transbordé first-person preterite singular
- transbordado participle past
- transbordando gerund
- transbordada feminine participle past
- transbordados masculine participle past
- transbordadas feminine participle past
- transbordas indicative informal present
- transbordás indicative informal present
- transborda indicative present singular
- transbordamos first-person indicative plural
- transbordáis indicative plural present
- transbordan indicative plural present
- transbordaba first-person imperfect indicative
- transbordabas imperfect indicative second-person
- transbordábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- transbordabais imperfect indicative plural
- transbordaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transbordar?
- /tɾansboɾˈdaɾ/
- [t̪ɾãnz.β̞oɾˈð̞aɾ]
- [t̪ɾãnsβ̞oɾˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is transbordar in Spanish?
transbordar appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).