tributar
Spanish, verb/tɾibuˈtaɾ/
tributar is spelled T-R-I-B-U-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tributar is a Spanish verb meaning “to render; to pay tribute to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Entregar el vasallo al señor en reconocimiento del señorío, o el súbdito al Estado para las cargas y…”.
What does tributar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to render; to pay tribute to
- 2
to pay a tax
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entregar el vasallo al señor en reconocimiento del señorío, o el súbdito al Estado para las cargas y atenciones públicas, cierta cantidad en dinero o en especie. 2. Ofrecer o manifestar, a modo de tributo y reconocimiento de superioridad, algún obsequio y veneración.
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 tributar
- tributo first-person present singular
- tributé first-person preterite singular
- tributado participle past
- tributando gerund
- tributada feminine participle past
- tributados masculine participle past
- tributadas feminine participle past
- tributas indicative informal present
- tributás indicative informal present
- tributa indicative present singular
- tributamos first-person indicative plural
- tributáis indicative plural present
- tributan indicative plural present
- tributaba first-person imperfect indicative
- tributabas imperfect indicative second-person
- tributábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- tributabais imperfect indicative plural
- tributaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tributar?
- /tɾibuˈtaɾ/
- [t̪ɾi.β̞uˈt̪aɾ]
- [t̪ɾiβ̞uˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tributar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tributar in Spanish?
tributar 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).