aterrorizar
Spanish, verb/ateroɾiˈθaɾ/
aterrorizar is spelled A-T-E-R-R-O-R-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 53,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aterrorizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to terrify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir terror o mucho miedo”.
What does aterrorizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to terrify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Producir terror o 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 aterrorizar
- aterrorizo first-person present singular
- aterroricé first-person preterite singular
- aterrorizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- aterrorizando gerund
- aterrorizada feminine participle past
- aterrorizados masculine participle past
- aterrorizadas feminine participle past
- aterrorizas indicative informal present
- aterrorizás indicative informal present
- aterroriza indicative present singular
- aterrorizamos first-person indicative plural
- aterrorizáis indicative plural present
- aterrorizan indicative plural present
- aterrorizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aterrorizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aterrorizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aterrorizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aterrorizar?
- /ateroɾiˈθaɾ/
- [a.t̪e.ro.ɾiˈθaɾ]
- /ateroɾiˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aterrorizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aterrorizar in Spanish?
aterrorizar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).