congraciar
Spanish, verb/konɡɾaˈθjaɾ/
congraciar is spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-C-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish, the 298,369th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Congraciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make (someone) interested (in something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ganar el favor, la aprobación, la benevolencia, el afecto, la confianza o la simpatía de alguien”.
What does congraciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make (someone) interested (in something)
- 2
to curry favor, win over, get (somebody) on someone's side; to ingratiate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ganar el favor, la aprobación, la benevolencia, el afecto, la confianza o la simpatía de alguien.
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 congraciar
- congracio first-person present singular
- congracié first-person preterite singular
- congraciado participle past
- congraciando gerund
- congraciada feminine participle past
- congraciados masculine participle past
- congraciadas feminine participle past
- congracias indicative informal present
- congraciás indicative informal present
- congracia indicative present singular
- congraciamos first-person indicative plural
- congraciáis indicative plural present
- congracian indicative plural present
- congraciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- congraciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- congraciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- congraciabais imperfect indicative plural
- congraciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce congraciar?
- /konɡɾaˈθjaɾ/
- [kõŋ.ɡɾaˈθjaɾ]
- /konɡɾaˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is congraciar in Spanish?
congraciar appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).