aporrear
Spanish, verb/aporeˈaɾ/
aporrear is spelled A-P-O-R-R-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 128,005th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aporrear is a Spanish verb meaning “to club, bludgeon (to hit with a club/baton/truncheon/night stick)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar golpes a una persona, animal o cosa con una porra”.
What does aporrear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to club, bludgeon (to hit with a club/baton/truncheon/night stick)
- 2
to hammer, rap (knock loudly)
- 3
to pound, beat
aporrear el piano
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar golpes a una persona, animal o cosa con una porra.
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 aporrear
- aporreo first-person present singular
- aporreé first-person preterite singular
- aporreado participle past
- aporreando gerund
- aporreada feminine participle past
- aporreados masculine participle past
- aporreadas feminine participle past
- aporreas indicative informal present
- aporreás indicative informal present
- aporrea indicative present singular
- aporreamos first-person indicative plural
- aporreáis indicative plural present
- aporrean indicative plural present
- aporreaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aporreabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aporreábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aporreabais imperfect indicative plural
- aporreaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aporrear?
- /aporeˈaɾ/
- [a.po.reˈaɾ]
- [aporeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aporrear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aporrear in Spanish?
aporrear appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).