blandir
Spanish, verb/blanˈdiɾ/
blandir is spelled B-L-A-N-D-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 85,557th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blandir is a Spanish verb meaning “to brandish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover un arma u otra cosa con movimiento trémulo o vibratorio, especialmente de un modo amenazante”.
What does blandir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brandish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mover un arma u otra cosa con movimiento trémulo o vibratorio, especialmente de un modo amenazante.
verb: 1. Moverse con agitación trémula o de un lado a otro.
verb: 1. Adular, halagar, lisonjear.
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 blandir
- blando first-person present singular
- blandí first-person preterite singular
- blandido participle past
- blandiendo gerund
- blandida feminine participle past
- blandidos masculine participle past
- blandidas feminine participle past
- blandes indicative informal present
- blandís indicative informal present
- blande indicative present singular
- blandimos first-person indicative plural
- blanden indicative plural present
- blandía first-person imperfect indicative
- blandías imperfect indicative second-person
- blandíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- blandíais imperfect indicative plural
- blandían imperfect indicative plural
- blandiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blandir?
- /blanˈdiɾ/
- [blãn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to blandir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blandir in Spanish?
blandir appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).