dominar
Spanish, verb/domiˈnaɾ/
dominar is a Spanish verb meaning “to dominate; to hold sway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gobernar, controlar o tener dominio sobre algo o a alguien”.
What does dominar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dominate; to hold sway
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gobernar, controlar o tener dominio sobre algo o a alguien. 2. Restringir la libertad o el movimiento de algo o alguien. 3. Tener un conocimiento muy amplio y profundo de una disciplina, arte o ciencia. 4. Alcanzar con la vista una zona muy amplia.
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 dominar
- domino first-person present singular
- dominé first-person preterite singular
- dominado participle past
- dominando gerund
- dominada feminine participle past
- dominados masculine participle past
- dominadas feminine participle past
- dominas indicative informal present
- dominás indicative informal present
- domina indicative present singular
- dominamos first-person indicative plural
- domináis indicative plural present
- dominan indicative plural present
- dominaba first-person imperfect indicative
- dominabas imperfect indicative second-person
- dominábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- dominabais imperfect indicative plural
- dominaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dominar?
- /domiˈnaɾ/
- [d̪o.miˈnaɾ]
- [d̪omiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dominar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dominar in Spanish?
dominar appears 7.8 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).