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atribuir

Spanish, verb/atɾiˈbwiɾ/

atribuir is a Spanish verb meaning “to assign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aplicar o asignar una función, cargo o distinción”.

What does atribuir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to assign

  2. 2

    to ascribe to, to attribute to, to chalk up to (+ a)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Aplicar o asignar una función, cargo o distinción. 2. Dar a alguien por autor de un hecho, sin tener pruebas fehacientes para ello. 3. Dar por reales virtudes o defectos de las cosas, sin tener pruebas fehacientes para ello. 4. Señalar o asignar la competencia exclusiva de una función.

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 atribuir

  • atribuyo first-person present singular
  • atribuí first-person preterite singular
  • atribuido participle past
  • atribuyendo gerund
  • atribuida feminine participle past
  • atribuidos masculine participle past
  • atribuidas feminine participle past
  • atribuyes indicative informal present
  • atribuís indicative informal present
  • atribuye indicative present singular
  • atribuimos first-person indicative plural
  • atribuyen indicative plural present
  • atribuía first-person imperfect indicative
  • atribuías imperfect indicative second-person
  • atribuíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • atribuíais imperfect indicative plural
  • atribuían imperfect indicative plural
  • atribuiste indicative preterite second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce atribuir?

  • /atɾiˈbwiɾ/
  • [a.t̪ɾiˈβ̞wiɾ]
  • [at̪ɾiˈβ̞wiɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to atribuir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is atribuir in Spanish?

atribuir appears 2.1 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).