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beber

Spanish, noun/beˈbeɾ/

beber is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “drinking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does beber mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to drink

    Coordinate term: comer

  2. 2

    to drink alcohol

  3. 3

    to draw from (to be inspired by)

    Su narrativa bebe de lo personal

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedrinking

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Ingerir líquidos. 2. En especial, ingerir₁ bebidas alcohólicas. 3. En especial, beber₂ habitual y excesivamente. 4. Beber₂ a la salud, felicidad u honor de alguien.

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 beber

  • bebo first-person present singular
  • bebí first-person preterite singular
  • bebido participle past
  • bebiendo gerund
  • bebida feminine participle past
  • bebidos masculine participle past
  • bebidas feminine participle past
  • bebes indicative informal present
  • bebés indicative informal present
  • bebe indicative present singular
  • bebemos first-person indicative plural
  • bebéis indicative plural present
  • beben indicative plural present
  • bebía first-person imperfect indicative
  • bebías imperfect indicative second-person
  • bebíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • bebíais imperfect indicative plural
  • bebían imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce beber?

  • /beˈbeɾ/
  • [beˈβ̞eɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to beber

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is beber in Spanish?

beber appears 20 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).