aterrar
Spanish, verb/ateˈraɾ/
aterrar is spelled A-T-E-R-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 152,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aterrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bring down, to ground” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bajar un objeto al suelo, hacerlo descender”.
What does aterrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring down, to ground
- 2
to cover with earth, soil, sand, etc.
- 3
to land
verb
- 1
to scare
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Bajar un objeto al suelo, hacerlo descender. 2. Hacer caer, echar por tierra. 3. Cubrir algo con tierra, echar tierra sobre algo. 4. Arrojar los escombros y desechos en los depósitos o terreros.
verb: 1. Provocar o infundir terror, mucho miedo.
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 aterrar
- atierro first-person present singular
- aterré first-person preterite singular
- aterrado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- aterrando gerund
- aterrada feminine participle past
- aterrados masculine participle past
- aterradas feminine participle past
- atierras indicative informal present
- aterrás indicative informal present
- atierra indicative present singular
- aterramos first-person indicative plural
- aterráis indicative plural present
- atierran indicative plural present
- aterraba first-person imperfect indicative
- aterrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aterrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aterrabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aterrar?
- /ateˈraɾ/
- [a.t̪eˈraɾ]
- [at̪eˈraɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aterrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aterrar in Spanish?
aterrar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).