apoderarse
Spanish, verb[apoð̞eˈɾaɾse]
apoderarse is spelled A-P-O-D-E-R-A-R-S-E (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,361st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apoderarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of apoderar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacerse uno dueño de alguna cosa, ocuparla, ponerla bajo su poder”.
What does apoderarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of apoderar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacerse uno dueño de alguna cosa, ocuparla, ponerla bajo su poder. 2. Hacerse poderoso o fuerte.
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 apoderarse
- haberse apoderado impersonal infinitive
- apoderándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose apoderado impersonal gerund
- apoderado impersonal participle
- me apodero first-person singular indicative
- te apoderas second-person singular indicative
- te apoderás second-person singular vos-form
- se apodera third-person singular indicative
- nos apoderamos first-person plural indicative
- os apoderáis second-person plural indicative
- se apoderan third-person plural indicative
- me apoderaba first-person singular indicative
- te apoderabas second-person singular indicative
- se apoderaba third-person singular indicative
- nos apoderábamos first-person plural indicative
- os apoderabais second-person plural indicative
- se apoderaban third-person plural indicative
- me apoderé first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apoderarse?
- [apoð̞eˈɾaɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apoderarse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apoderarse in Spanish?
apoderarse appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).