recitar
Spanish, verb/reθiˈtaɾ/
recitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to recite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Decir en voz alta y ante un público un discurso, mensaje, cuento o texto”.
What does recitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Decir en voz alta y ante un público un discurso, mensaje, cuento o texto. 2. Decir poemas o discursos, tradicionalmente de memoria, ante un público, con entonación adecuada.
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 recitar
- recito first-person present singular
- recité first-person preterite singular
- recitado participle past
- recitando gerund
- recitada feminine participle past
- recitados masculine participle past
- recitadas feminine participle past
- recitas indicative informal present
- recitás indicative informal present
- recita indicative present singular
- recitamos first-person indicative plural
- recitáis indicative plural present
- recitan indicative plural present
- recitaba first-person imperfect indicative
- recitabas imperfect indicative second-person
- recitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recitabais imperfect indicative plural
- recitaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recitar?
- /reθiˈtaɾ/
- [re.θiˈt̪aɾ]
- /resiˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recitar in Spanish?
recitar appears 1.3 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).