adorar
Spanish, verb/adoˈɾaɾ/
adorar is a Spanish verb meaning “to adore (both literally and in the context of love)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar expresión a la adoración de un ídolo o dios según las normas propias del culto o religión”.
What does adorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adore (both literally and in the context of love)
- 2
to worship
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar expresión a la adoración de un ídolo o dios según las normas propias del culto o religión. 2. Expresar un sentimiento de amor profundo a alguien. 3. Expresar una gran admiración hacia algo o alguien. 4. Inclinarse el cardenal a los pies del Papa después de haberlo elegido.
verb: 1. Dirigir a Dios las súplicas piadosas. 2. Tener a algo o a alguien en gran estima y veneración.
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 adorar
- adoro first-person present singular
- adoré first-person preterite singular
- adorado participle past
- adorando gerund
- adorada feminine participle past
- adorados masculine participle past
- adoradas feminine participle past
- adoras indicative informal present
- adorás indicative informal present
- adora indicative present singular
- adoramos first-person indicative plural
- adoráis indicative plural present
- adoran indicative plural present
- adoraba first-person imperfect indicative
- adorabas imperfect indicative second-person
- adorábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- adorabais imperfect indicative plural
- adoraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adorar?
- /adoˈɾaɾ/
- [a.ð̞oˈɾaɾ]
- [að̞oˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adorar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adorar in Spanish?
adorar appears 1.9 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).