What does figurar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word figurar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use figurar in Spanish.

The word figurar in Spanish means figure, belong, represent, figure. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word figurar

figure, belong

verbo intransitivo (pertenecer, formar parte)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Su familia figura entre las más ricas del país.
His family figures among (or: belongs to) the country's very wealthy..

represent

verbo transitivo (representar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
En este dibujo, las ondas en el cielo figuran las nubes.
In this drawing, the waves in the sky represent clouds.

figure

verbo pronominal (suponer, pensar algo)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Luego de dos horas de espera se figuró que nadie vendría a buscarla.
After two hours of waiting, she figured that no one would come to get her.

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Spanish (español), also known as Castilla, is a language of the Iberian-Romance group of the Romance languages, and the 4th most common language in the world according to Some sources, while others list it as a 2nd or 3rd most common language. It is the mother tongue of about 352 million people, and is spoken by 417 million people when adding its speakers as a language. sub (estimated in 1999). Spanish and Portuguese have very similar grammar and vocabulary; The number of similar vocabulary of these two languages is up to 89%. Spanish is the primary language of 20 countries around the world. It is estimated that the total number of speakers of Spanish is between 470 and 500 million, making it the second most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers.