vestir
Spanish, verb/besˈtiɾ/
vestir is spelled V-E-S-T-I-R (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,995th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vestir is a Spanish verb meaning “to dress, to clothe, to attire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cubrir de ropa el cuerpo para adornarlo o protegerlo”.
What does vestir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dress, to clothe, to attire
- 2
to wear
- 3
to adorn, to bedeck, to embellish
- 4
to disguise, to cover up
- 5
to make clothes for, to dress
- 6
to get dressed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cubrir de ropa el cuerpo para adornarlo o protegerlo. 2. Por extensión, pagar los costes de la ropa de alguno. 3. Por extensión, confeccionar la ropa de alguno. 4. Más generalmente, cubrir algo con otra cosa que lo adorna o protege.
verb: 1. Llevar ropa de un estilo o gusto determinado. 2. Dicho de una prenda, un material o un color, ser de estilo o gusto bien considerado. 3. En particular, ser adecuado para ocasiones solemnes o festivas.
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 vestir
- visto first-person present singular
- vestí first-person preterite singular
- vestido participle past
- e-i alternation
- vistiendo gerund
- vestida feminine participle past
- vestidos masculine participle past
- vestidas feminine participle past
- vistes indicative informal present
- vestís indicative informal present
- viste indicative present singular
- vestimos first-person indicative plural
- visten indicative plural present
- vestía first-person imperfect indicative
- vestías imperfect indicative second-person
- vestíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vestíais imperfect indicative plural
- vestían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vestir?
- /besˈtiɾ/
- [besˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vestir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vestir in Spanish?
vestir appears 10 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).