Spanish word

imaginar

Pronunciation

IPA/imaxiˈnaɾ/

Meaning

  • verbimagine

Example

¿Puedes imaginar cómo será el viaje?

Can you imagine what the trip will be like?

Illustration for imaginar (imagine)

More examples

Me cuesta imaginar que vayamos a llegar a tiempo.

I find it hard to imagine that we'll arrive on time.

Core concept

Forming a mental picture of a nonreal situation.

Common phrases

  • imaginar que

    imagine that

  • imaginar algo

    imagine something

  • imaginar cómo

    imagine how

Similar words

pensar: Considers or reasons about ideas, facts, or problems in a general, thoughtful way.
creer: Accepts something as true or likely, often based on conviction or trust.
suponer: Assumes something tentatively as a hypothesis or working possibility.
soñar: Experiences images or events in the mind during sleep.

Definition in Spanish

Representar mentalmente situaciones, posibilidades o escenas no reales u hipotéticas.

Word origin

From Latin imāginārī, from imāgo 'image', with the Spanish -ar verb formation giving the sense 'to form or hold an image in the mind'.

Usage tips

  • Often used pronominally as imaginarse to mean 'to picture for oneself', and commonly used in prompts like ¿Te imaginas...?

Other meanings

  • think ofverb
  • pictureverb
  • assumeverb

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