castrar
Spanish, verb/kasˈtɾaɾ/
castrar is spelled C-A-S-T-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,142nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to castrate, to geld” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Capar, quitar los testículos”.
What does castrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to castrate, to geld
- 2
to weaken, neuter; to make less forceful.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Capar, quitar los testículos. 2. Secar o enjugar las llagas. 3. Cortar las ramas de los árboles, vides y otras plantas. 4. Quitar a las colmenas los panales con miel.
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 castrar
- castro first-person present singular
- castré first-person preterite singular
- castrado participle past
- castrando gerund
- castrada feminine participle past
- castrados masculine participle past
- castradas feminine participle past
- castras indicative informal present
- castrás indicative informal present
- castra indicative present singular
- castramos first-person indicative plural
- castráis indicative plural present
- castran indicative plural present
- castraba first-person imperfect indicative
- castrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- castrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- castrabais imperfect indicative plural
- castraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castrar?
- /kasˈtɾaɾ/
- [kasˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to castrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is castrar in Spanish?
castrar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).