votar
Spanish, verb/boˈtaɾ/
votar is spelled V-O-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears 52 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,639th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Votar is a Spanish verb meaning “to vote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emitir el voto, dar su parecer una persona en una votación o acto electoral”.
What does votar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to vote
verb
- 1
Latin-Americaalternative spelling of botar (“to throw”)
No votar basura.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Emitir el voto, dar su parecer una persona en una votación o acto electoral. 2. Hacer voto de guardar o celebrar alguna festividad o defender algún misterio. 3. Proferir blasfemias o juramentos.
verb: 1. Apoyar, aprobar algo en una votación.
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 votar
- voto first-person present singular
- voté first-person preterite singular
- votado participle past
- votando gerund
- votada feminine participle past
- votados masculine participle past
- votadas feminine participle past
- votas indicative informal present
- votás indicative informal present
- vota indicative present singular
- votamos first-person indicative plural
- votáis indicative plural present
- votan indicative plural present
- votaba first-person imperfect indicative
- votabas imperfect indicative second-person
- votábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- votabais imperfect indicative plural
- votaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce votar?
- /boˈtaɾ/
- [boˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to votar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is votar in Spanish?
votar appears 52 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).