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angustiar

Spanish, verb/anɡusˈtjaɾ/

angustiar is spelled A-N-G-U-S-T-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 185,934th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Angustiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to anguish, distress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir o causar angustia (aflicción, temor, aprensión fuerte, preocupación intensa, sufrimiento)”.

What does angustiar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to anguish, distress

  2. 2

    to become anxious

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Producir o causar angustia (aflicción, temor, aprensión fuerte, preocupación intensa, sufrimiento).

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 angustiar

  • angustio first-person present singular
  • angustié first-person preterite singular
  • angustiado participle past
  • angustiando gerund
  • angustiada feminine participle past
  • angustiados masculine participle past
  • angustiadas feminine participle past
  • angustias indicative informal present
  • angustiás indicative informal present
  • angustia indicative present singular
  • angustiamos first-person indicative plural
  • angustiáis indicative plural present
  • angustian indicative plural present
  • angustiaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • angustiabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • angustiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • angustiabais imperfect indicative plural
  • angustiaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce angustiar?

  • /anɡusˈtjaɾ/
  • [ãŋ.ɡusˈt̪jaɾ]
  • [ãŋgusˈt̪jaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to angustiar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is angustiar in Spanish?

angustiar appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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