violar
Spanish, verb/bjoˈlaɾ/
violar is spelled V-I-O-L-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). Violar is a Spanish verb meaning “to violate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Actuar de manera prohibida por una norma”.
What does violar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to violate
- 2
to rape
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Actuar de manera prohibida por una norma. 2. Entrar por la fuerza en algún sitio. 3. En particular, violar₂ un lugar sagrado. 4. Obligar a alguien a mantener relaciones sexuales a la fuerza y/o en contra de su voluntad.
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 violar
- violo first-person present singular
- violé first-person preterite singular
- violado participle past
- violando gerund
- violada feminine participle past
- violados masculine participle past
- violadas feminine participle past
- violas indicative informal present
- violás indicative informal present
- viola indicative present singular
- violamos first-person indicative plural
- violáis indicative plural present
- violan indicative plural present
- violaba first-person imperfect indicative
- violabas imperfect indicative second-person
- violábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- violabais imperfect indicative plural
- violaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce violar?
- /bjoˈlaɾ/
- [bjoˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to violar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is violar in Spanish?
violar 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).