variar
Spanish, verb/baˈɾjaɾ/
variar is spelled V-A-R-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,230th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Variar is a Spanish verb meaning “to alter, vary, change” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cambiar el estado, la forma o la composición de una cosa”.
What does variar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to alter, vary, change
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cambiar el estado, la forma o la composición de una cosa. 2. Alternar entre cosas distintas para que haya variedad.
verb: 1. Ser diferente de lo demás. 2. Hacer ángulo la aguja magnética con la línea meridiana.
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 variar
- varío first-person present singular
- varié first-person preterite singular
- variado participle past
- i-í alternation
- variando gerund
- variada feminine participle past
- variados masculine participle past
- variadas feminine participle past
- varías indicative informal present
- variás indicative informal present
- varía indicative present singular
- variamos first-person indicative plural
- variáis indicative plural present
- varían indicative plural present
- variaba first-person imperfect indicative
- variabas imperfect indicative second-person
- variábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- variabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce variar?
- /baˈɾjaɾ/
- [baˈɾjaɾ]
- [baɾiˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to variar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is variar in Spanish?
variar appears 8.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).