arriesgar
Spanish, verb/arjesˈɡaɾ/
arriesgar is spelled A-R-R-I-E-S-G-A-R (9 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,318th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arriesgar is a Spanish verb meaning “to venture; to risk; to hazard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner en peligro o exponer a un riesgo”.
What does arriesgar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to venture; to risk; to hazard
- 2
to endanger; to put at risk
- 3
to stake
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner en peligro o exponer a un riesgo.
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 arriesgar
- arriesgo first-person present singular
- arriesgué first-person preterite singular
- arriesgado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- arriesgando gerund
- arriesgada feminine participle past
- arriesgados masculine participle past
- arriesgadas feminine participle past
- arriesgas indicative informal present
- arriesgás indicative informal present
- arriesga indicative present singular
- arriesgamos first-person indicative plural
- arriesgáis indicative plural present
- arriesgan indicative plural present
- arriesgaba first-person imperfect indicative
- arriesgabas imperfect indicative second-person
- arriesgábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- arriesgabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arriesgar?
- /arjesˈɡaɾ/
- [a.rjezˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [arjesˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arriesgar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arriesgar in Spanish?
arriesgar appears 4.8 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).