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turistear

Spanish, verb/tuɾisteˈaɾ/

turistear is spelled T-U-R-I-S-T-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turistear is a Spanish verb meaning “to visit as a tourist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Visitar un lugar como turista”.

What does turistear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Mexicoto visit as a tourist

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Visitar un lugar como turista.

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 turistear

  • turisteo first-person present singular
  • turisteé first-person preterite singular
  • turisteado participle past
  • turisteando gerund
  • turisteada feminine participle past
  • turisteados masculine participle past
  • turisteadas feminine participle past
  • turisteas indicative informal present
  • turisteás indicative informal present
  • turistea indicative present singular
  • turisteamos first-person indicative plural
  • turisteáis indicative plural present
  • turistean indicative plural present
  • turisteaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • turisteabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • turisteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • turisteabais imperfect indicative plural
  • turisteaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce turistear?

  • /tuɾisteˈaɾ/
  • [t̪u.ɾis.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • [t̪uɾist̪eˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is turistear in Spanish?

turistear 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).

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