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especificar

Spanish, verb/espeθifiˈkaɾ/

especificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to specify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Explicar o declarar algo con detalles precisos”.

What does especificar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to specify

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Explicar o declarar algo con detalles precisos

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 especificar

  • especifico first-person present singular
  • especifiqué first-person preterite singular
  • especificado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • especificando gerund
  • especificada feminine participle past
  • especificados masculine participle past
  • especificadas feminine participle past
  • especificas indicative informal present
  • especificás indicative informal present
  • especifica indicative present singular
  • especificamos first-person indicative plural
  • especificáis indicative plural present
  • especifican indicative plural present
  • especificaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • especificabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • especificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • especificabais imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce especificar?

  • /espeθifiˈkaɾ/
  • [es.pe.θi.fiˈkaɾ]
  • /espesifiˈkaɾ/

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

English words that translate to especificar

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

How common is especificar in Spanish?

especificar appears 3.1 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).