instalar
Spanish, verb/instaˈlaɾ/
instalar is a Spanish verb meaning “to install” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Añadir un programa a un ordenador de modo que pueda funcionar”.
What does instalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to install
- 2
to settle, to ensconce
- 3
to be installed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Añadir un programa a un ordenador de modo que pueda funcionar.
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 instalar
- instalo first-person present singular
- instalé first-person preterite singular
- instalado participle past
- instalando gerund
- instalada feminine participle past
- instalados masculine participle past
- instaladas feminine participle past
- instalas indicative informal present
- instalás indicative informal present
- instala indicative present singular
- instalamos first-person indicative plural
- instaláis indicative plural present
- instalan indicative plural present
- instalaba first-person imperfect indicative
- instalabas imperfect indicative second-person
- instalábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- instalabais imperfect indicative plural
- instalaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instalar?
- /instaˈlaɾ/
- [ĩns.t̪aˈlaɾ]
- [ĩnst̪aˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instalar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instalar in Spanish?
instalar appears 13 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).