ceñirse
Spanish, verb[seˈɲiɾse]
ceñirse is spelled C-E-Ñ-I-R-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ceñirse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of ceñir combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Restringirse, reducirse o moderarse en los gastos, en las palabras, etc”.
What does ceñirse mean in English?
verb
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infinitive of ceñir 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. Restringirse, reducirse o moderarse en los gastos, en las palabras, etc. 2. Amoldarse, concretarse a una ocupación o trabajo.
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 ceñirse
- haberse ceñido impersonal infinitive
- ciñéndose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose ceñido impersonal gerund
- ceñido impersonal participle
- me ciño first-person singular indicative
- te ciñes second-person singular indicative
- te ceñís second-person singular vos-form
- se ciñe third-person singular indicative
- nos ceñimos first-person plural indicative
- os ceñís second-person plural indicative
- se ciñen third-person plural indicative
- me ceñía first-person singular indicative
- te ceñías second-person singular indicative
- se ceñía third-person singular indicative
- nos ceñíamos first-person plural indicative
- os ceñíais second-person plural indicative
- se ceñían third-person plural indicative
- me ceñí first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ceñirse?
- [seˈɲiɾse]
- [θeˈɲiɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ceñirse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ceñirse in Spanish?
ceñirse 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).