untar
Spanish, verb/unˈtaɾ/
untar is spelled U-N-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 53,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Untar is a Spanish verb meaning “to spread, to smear; to rub on (to distribute in a thin layer over)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner y extender en una superficie alguna sustancia pastosa, grasosa, viscosa o húmeda”.
What does untar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spread, to smear; to rub on (to distribute in a thin layer over)
pasta para untar
- 2
colloquialto bribe (to ask a person to do something in exchange for a reward)
medios untados
- 3
To get smeared
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner y extender en una superficie alguna sustancia pastosa, grasosa, viscosa o húmeda. 2. Sobornar. 3. Introducir a alguien en un robo u otro proceso delictivo.
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 untar
- unto first-person present singular
- unté first-person preterite singular
- untado participle past
- untando gerund
- untada feminine participle past
- untados masculine participle past
- untadas feminine participle past
- untas indicative informal present
- untás indicative informal present
- unta indicative present singular
- untamos first-person indicative plural
- untáis indicative plural present
- untan indicative plural present
- untaba first-person imperfect indicative
- untabas imperfect indicative second-person
- untábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- untabais imperfect indicative plural
- untaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce untar?
- /unˈtaɾ/
- [ũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to untar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is untar in Spanish?
untar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).