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
to reveal
- 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).