atropellar
Spanish, verb/atɾopeˈʝaɾ/
atropellar is spelled A-T-R-O-P-E-L-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atropellar is a Spanish verb meaning “to run over; to drive over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasar precipitadamente por encima de alguna persona”.
What does atropellar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to run over; to drive over
- 2
to be abusive, to bully
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pasar precipitadamente por encima de alguna persona. 2. Derribar o empujar violentamente a alguno para abrirse paso. 3. Dicho de un vehículo: arrojar o aplastar violentamente a una persona luego de impactar contra ella. 4. Agraviar a alguno empleando violencia o abusando de la fuerza o poder que se tiene.
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 atropellar
- atropello first-person present singular
- atropellé first-person preterite singular
- atropellado participle past
- atropellando gerund
- atropellada feminine participle past
- atropellados masculine participle past
- atropelladas feminine participle past
- atropellas indicative informal present
- atropellás indicative informal present
- atropella indicative present singular
- atropellamos first-person indicative plural
- atropelláis indicative plural present
- atropellan indicative plural present
- atropellaba first-person imperfect indicative
- atropellabas imperfect indicative second-person
- atropellábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- atropellabais imperfect indicative plural
- atropellaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atropellar?
- /atɾopeˈʝaɾ/
- [a.t̪ɾo.peˈʝaɾ]
- [at̪ɾopeˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atropellar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atropellar in Spanish?
atropellar appears 1.2 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).