vetar
Spanish, verb/beˈtaɾ/
vetar is spelled V-E-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,977th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vetar is a Spanish verb meaning “to veto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aplicar el veto a una propuesta”.
What does vetar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to veto
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aplicar el veto a una propuesta. 2. Prohibir o bloquear algo o a alguien. 3. Por extensión, oponerse a una propuesta o acuerdo.
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 vetar
- veto first-person present singular
- veté first-person preterite singular
- vetado participle past
- vetando gerund
- vetada feminine participle past
- vetados masculine participle past
- vetadas feminine participle past
- vetas indicative informal present
- vetás indicative informal present
- veta indicative present singular
- vetamos first-person indicative plural
- vetáis indicative plural present
- vetan indicative plural present
- vetaba first-person imperfect indicative
- vetabas imperfect indicative second-person
- vetábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vetabais imperfect indicative plural
- vetaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vetar?
- /beˈtaɾ/
- [beˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vetar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vetar in Spanish?
vetar appears 1.0 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).