abducir
Spanish, verb/abduˈθiɾ/
abducir is spelled A-B-D-U-C-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 204,261st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abducir is a Spanish verb meaning “to abduce, to abduct (draw away from the median axis of the body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Inferir por abducción”.
What does abducir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abduce, to abduct (draw away from the median axis of the body)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Inferir por abducción. 2. Separar una parte del cuerpo del eje central que separa las dos mitades simétricas del cuerpo. 3. Atraer poderosamente la atención de alguien. 4. Raptar una criatura extraterrestre a alguien.
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 abducir
- abduzco first-person present singular
- abduje first-person preterite singular
- abducido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- abduciendo gerund
- abducida feminine participle past
- abducidos masculine participle past
- abducidas feminine participle past
- abduces indicative informal present
- abducís indicative informal present
- abduce indicative present singular
- abducimos first-person indicative plural
- abducen indicative plural present
- abducía first-person imperfect indicative
- abducías imperfect indicative second-person
- abducíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- abducíais imperfect indicative plural
- abducían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abducir?
- /abduˈθiɾ/
- [aβ̞.ð̞uˈθiɾ]
- /abduˈsiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abducir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abducir in Spanish?
abducir appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).