amordazar
Spanish, verb/amoɾdaˈθaɾ/
amordazar is spelled A-M-O-R-D-A-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,962nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amordazar is a Spanish verb meaning “to gag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Colocar mordaza a alguno”.
What does amordazar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gag
- 2
to muzzle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Colocar mordaza a alguno. 2. Por extensión, obligar a callar por la fuerza o la coacción.
verb: 1. Atacar o herir verbalmente.
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 amordazar
- amordazo first-person present singular
- amordacé first-person preterite singular
- amordazado participle past
- c-z alternation
- amordazando gerund
- amordazada feminine participle past
- amordazados masculine participle past
- amordazadas feminine participle past
- amordazas indicative informal present
- amordazás indicative informal present
- amordaza indicative present singular
- amordazamos first-person indicative plural
- amordazáis indicative plural present
- amordazan indicative plural present
- amordazaba first-person imperfect indicative
- amordazabas imperfect indicative second-person
- amordazábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- amordazabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amordazar?
- /amoɾdaˈθaɾ/
- [a.moɾ.ð̞aˈθaɾ]
- /amoɾdaˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amordazar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amordazar in Spanish?
amordazar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).