vivar
Spanish, verb/biˈbaɾ/
vivar is spelled V-I-V-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vivar is a Spanish verb meaning “to applaud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aplaudir, festejar, celebrar, aclamar, dar vivas, vitorear”.
What does vivar mean in English?
verb
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Latin-Americato applaud
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lugar en el campo en donde se crían los conejos. 2. Lugar donde se crían en el agua los peces.
verb: 1. Aplaudir, festejar, celebrar, aclamar, dar vivas, vitorear.
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 vivar
- vivo first-person present singular
- vivé first-person preterite singular
- vivado participle past
- vivando gerund
- vivada feminine participle past
- vivados masculine participle past
- vivadas feminine participle past
- vivas indicative informal present
- vivás indicative informal present
- viva indicative present singular
- vivamos first-person indicative plural
- viváis indicative plural present
- vivan indicative plural present
- vivaba first-person imperfect indicative
- vivabas imperfect indicative second-person
- vivábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vivabais imperfect indicative plural
- vivaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vivar?
- /biˈbaɾ/
- [biˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vivar in Spanish?
vivar 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).