verb · #276
to work, to function
Example: El ascensor no funciona.
The lift is not working.
Spanish → English
funcionar
funcionar is Spanish for to work, to function.
What funcionar means
How common is it?
funcionar is ranked #276 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to funcionar — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- pensar — to think
- recibir — to receive
- ocurrir — to happen, to occur
- importante — important
- correcto — correct
- posible — possible
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