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participar

Spanish, verb/paɾtiθiˈpaɾ/

participar is a Spanish verb meaning “to participate, to take part, to partake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener uno parte en una cosa o tocarle algo de ella”.

What does participar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to participate, to take part, to partake

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Tener uno parte en una cosa o tocarle algo de ella. 2. Incluirse en alguna acción o hecho.

verb: 1. Dar parte, noticiar, comunicar.

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 participar

  • participo first-person present singular
  • participé first-person preterite singular
  • participado participle past
  • participando gerund
  • participada feminine participle past
  • participados masculine participle past
  • participadas feminine participle past
  • participas indicative informal present
  • participás indicative informal present
  • participa indicative present singular
  • participamos first-person indicative plural
  • participáis indicative plural present
  • participan indicative plural present
  • participaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • participabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • participábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • participabais imperfect indicative plural
  • participaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce participar?

  • /paɾtiθiˈpaɾ/
  • [paɾ.t̪i.θiˈpaɾ]
  • /paɾtisiˈpaɾ/

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

English words that translate to participar

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

How common is participar in Spanish?

participar appears 66 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).