afligir
Spanish, verb/afliˈxiɾ/
afligir is spelled A-F-L-I-G-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afligir is a Spanish verb meaning “to afflict” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar un decaimiento del ánimo, tristeza y sufrimiento moral”.
What does afligir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to afflict
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar un decaimiento del ánimo, tristeza y sufrimiento moral. 2. Causar sufrimiento físico, malestar o molestia. 3. Causar inquietud y preocupación.
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 afligir
- aflijo first-person present singular
- afligí first-person preterite singular
- afligido participle past
- g-j alternation
- afligiendo gerund
- afligida feminine participle past
- afligidos masculine participle past
- afligidas feminine participle past
- afliges indicative informal present
- afligís indicative informal present
- aflige indicative present singular
- afligimos first-person indicative plural
- afligen indicative plural present
- afligía first-person imperfect indicative
- afligías imperfect indicative second-person
- afligíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- afligíais imperfect indicative plural
- afligían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afligir?
- /afliˈxiɾ/
- [a.fliˈxiɾ]
- [afliˈxiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afligir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afligir in Spanish?
afligir appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).