amagar
Spanish, verb/amaˈɡaɾ/
amagar is spelled A-M-A-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amagar is a Spanish verb meaning “to feint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Levantar la mano, el brazo, u otra cosa en ademán, o demostración de querer arremeter, herir, o dar algun…”.
What does amagar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to feint
- 2
to threaten
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Levantar la mano, el brazo, u otra cosa en ademán, o demostración de querer arremeter, herir, o dar algun golpe. 2. Mostrar predisposición para concretar algo sin llegar a concretarlo. 3. Hacer amagues cuando se tiene la posesión de la pelota. 4. Amenazar, amedrentar, conminar.
verb: 1. Dicho de alguna cosa: ser inminente, estar próxima a sobrevenir. 2. Dicho de un incendio: manifestar su primera señal.
verb: 1. Esconder, ocultar.
verb: 1. Escabullirse, agazaparse.
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 amagar
- amago first-person present singular
- amagué first-person preterite singular
- amagado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- amagando gerund
- amagada feminine participle past
- amagados masculine participle past
- amagadas feminine participle past
- amagas indicative informal present
- amagás indicative informal present
- amaga indicative present singular
- amagamos first-person indicative plural
- amagáis indicative plural present
- amagan indicative plural present
- amagaba first-person imperfect indicative
- amagabas imperfect indicative second-person
- amagábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- amagabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amagar?
- /amaˈɡaɾ/
- [a.maˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [amaˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amagar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amagar in Spanish?
amagar appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).