Polyglot Dictionary

ignorar

/iɣnoˈɾaɾ/

verb B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
ignoro
preterite (yo)
ignoré
past participle
ignorado

Meaning

  1. to ignore

    • Me ignora cuando paso.

      He ignores me when I walk past.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

desentender

desentenderse implies deliberately washing one's hands of something, evading responsibility; ignorar is more general, to ignore or not know something.

desoír

desoír specifically means to turn a deaf ear to advice or a warning; ignorar is more general, "to ignore, not know."

Similar in other languages

German

ignorieren

ignorieren is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to ignore."

Portuguese

ignorar

ignorar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to ignore."

Practice

1 What does ignorar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches ignorar?

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