transcribir
Spanish, verb/tɾanskɾiˈbiɾ/
transcribir is spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-B-I-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transcribir is a Spanish verb meaning “to transcribe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Copiar un texto en otra parte”.
What does transcribir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to transcribe
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Copiar un texto en otra parte. 2. Escribir un idioma con el sistema de escritura de otro. 3. Poner por escrito sonidos o fonemas de un idioma mediante un sistema de escritura.
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 transcribir
- transcribo first-person present singular
- transcribí first-person preterite singular
- transcrito participle past
- transcripto Argentina Uruguay participle
- transcribiendo gerund
- transcrita feminine participle past
- transcripta Argentina Uruguay feminine
- transcritos masculine participle past
- transcriptos Argentina Uruguay masculine
- transcritas feminine participle past
- transcriptas Argentina Uruguay feminine
- transcribes indicative informal present
- transcribís indicative informal present
- transcribe indicative present singular
- transcribimos first-person indicative plural
- transcriben indicative plural present
- transcribía first-person imperfect indicative
- transcribías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transcribir?
- /tɾanskɾiˈbiɾ/
- [t̪ɾãns.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
- [t̪ɾãnskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to transcribir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transcribir in Spanish?
transcribir appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).