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revelar

Spanish, verb/rebeˈlaɾ/

revelar is a Spanish verb meaning “to reveal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mostrar o descubrir lo que antes estaba oculto, en secreto, o que la mayoría de la gente no conocía”.

What does revelar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to reveal

  2. 2

    to develop (to bring out images latent in photographic film)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Mostrar o descubrir lo que antes estaba oculto, en secreto, o que la mayoría de la gente no conocía. 2. Hacer que la imagen que estaba en la película sea visible.

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 revelar

  • revelo first-person present singular
  • revelé first-person preterite singular
  • revelado participle past
  • revelando gerund
  • revelada feminine participle past
  • revelados masculine participle past
  • reveladas feminine participle past
  • revelas indicative informal present
  • revelás indicative informal present
  • revela indicative present singular
  • revelamos first-person indicative plural
  • reveláis indicative plural present
  • revelan indicative plural present
  • revelaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • revelabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • revelábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • revelabais imperfect indicative plural
  • revelaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce revelar?

  • /rebeˈlaɾ/
  • [re.β̞eˈlaɾ]
  • [reβ̞eˈlaɾ]

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

English words that translate to revelar

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

How common is revelar in Spanish?

revelar appears 7.4 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).