apoyarse
Spanish, verb/apoˈʝaɾse/
apoyarse is spelled A-P-O-Y-A-R-S-E (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,753rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apoyarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of apoyar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dejarse caer uno mismo, o su cuerpo, sobre algún otro objeto o persona, con tal de que sea sostenido”.
What does apoyarse mean in English?
verb
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infinitive of apoyar 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. Dejarse caer uno mismo, o su cuerpo, sobre algún otro objeto o persona, con tal de que sea sostenido. 2. Tener apoyo moral por parte de otra persona o grupo de ellas. 3. Tomar algún asunto o tema particular como basamento para elaborar un discurso o fundamentar una opinión.
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 apoyarse
- haberse apoyado impersonal infinitive
- apoyándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose apoyado impersonal gerund
- apoyado impersonal participle
- me apoyo first-person singular indicative
- te apoyas second-person singular indicative
- te apoyás second-person singular vos-form
- se apoya third-person singular indicative
- nos apoyamos first-person plural indicative
- os apoyáis second-person plural indicative
- se apoyan third-person plural indicative
- me apoyaba first-person singular indicative
- te apoyabas second-person singular indicative
- se apoyaba third-person singular indicative
- nos apoyábamos first-person plural indicative
- os apoyabais second-person plural indicative
- se apoyaban third-person plural indicative
- me apoyé first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apoyarse?
- /apoˈʝaɾse/
- [a.poˈʝaɾ.se]
- [apoˈʝaɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apoyarse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apoyarse in Spanish?
apoyarse appears 1.7 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).