adscribir
Spanish, verb/adskɾiˈbiɾ/
adscribir is a Spanish verb meaning “to designate, to assign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Incluir un dato u otra cosa dentro de lo que compete o pertenece a alguien o a algo”.
What does adscribir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to designate, to assign
- 2
to adhere, follow (an idea, ideology etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Incluir un dato u otra cosa dentro de lo que compete o pertenece a alguien o a algo. 2. Destinar a una persona para un servicio o cargo.
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 adscribir
- adscribo first-person present singular
- adscribí first-person preterite singular
- adscrito participle past
- adscripto Argentina Uruguay participle
- adscribiendo gerund
- adscrita feminine participle past
- adscripta Argentina Uruguay feminine
- adscritos masculine participle past
- adscriptos Argentina Uruguay masculine
- adscritas feminine participle past
- adscriptas Argentina Uruguay feminine
- adscribes indicative informal present
- adscribís indicative informal present
- adscribe indicative present singular
- adscribimos first-person indicative plural
- adscriben indicative plural present
- adscribía first-person imperfect indicative
- adscribías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adscribir?
- /adskɾiˈbiɾ/
- [að̞s.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
- [að̞skɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adscribir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adscribir in Spanish?
adscribir appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).