bastardear
Spanish, verb/bastaɾdeˈaɾ/
bastardear is spelled B-A-S-T-A-R-D-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish, the 241,869th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bastardear is a Spanish verb meaning “to bastardize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Degenerar a algo de su naturaleza”.
What does bastardear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bastardize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Degenerar a algo de su naturaleza.
verb: 1. Dicho de una persona: apartarse en sus obras de lo que conviene a su origen. 2. Aplicado a cosas, apartarse de la pureza e institución primitiva.
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 bastardear
- bastardeo first-person present singular
- bastardeé first-person preterite singular
- bastardeado participle past
- bastardeando gerund
- bastardeada feminine participle past
- bastardeados masculine participle past
- bastardeadas feminine participle past
- bastardeas indicative informal present
- bastardeás indicative informal present
- bastardea indicative present singular
- bastardeamos first-person indicative plural
- bastardeáis indicative plural present
- bastardean indicative plural present
- bastardeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- bastardeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- bastardeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- bastardeabais imperfect indicative plural
- bastardeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bastardear?
- /bastaɾdeˈaɾ/
- [bas.t̪aɾ.ð̞eˈaɾ]
- [bast̪aɾð̞eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bastardear in Spanish?
bastardear appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).