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castigarse

Spanish, verb[kast̪iˈɣ̞aɾse]

castigarse is spelled C-A-S-T-I-G-A-R-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castigarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of castigar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enmendarse, corregirse; abstenerse”.

What does castigarse mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    infinitive of castigar combined with se

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Enmendarse, corregirse; abstenerse.

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 castigarse

  • haberse castigado impersonal infinitive
  • castigándose impersonal gerund
  • habiéndose castigado impersonal gerund
  • castigado impersonal participle
  • me castigo first-person singular indicative
  • te castigas second-person singular indicative
  • te castigás second-person singular vos-form
  • se castiga third-person singular indicative
  • nos castigamos first-person plural indicative
  • os castigáis second-person plural indicative
  • se castigan third-person plural indicative
  • me castigaba first-person singular indicative
  • te castigabas second-person singular indicative
  • se castigaba third-person singular indicative
  • nos castigábamos first-person plural indicative
  • os castigabais second-person plural indicative
  • se castigaban third-person plural indicative
  • me castigué first-person singular indicative

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

How do you pronounce castigarse?

  • [kast̪iˈɣ̞aɾse]

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

How common is castigarse in Spanish?

castigarse 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).

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