decidir
Spanish, verb/deθiˈdiɾ/
decidir is spelled D-E-C-I-D-I-R (7 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,774th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decidir is a Spanish verb meaning “to decide, to make up one's mind, to determine, to choose to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Zanjar una cuestión, tomar una resolución definitiva”.
What does decidir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decide, to make up one's mind, to determine, to choose to
- 2
to decide on
- 3
to rule
El juez podría decidir que fue muerte accidental.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Zanjar una cuestión, tomar una resolución definitiva. 2. Hacer que alguien tome una resolución definitiva. 3. Tomar una resolución en algo que aun no se ha determinado.
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 decidir
- decido first-person present singular
- decidí first-person preterite singular
- decidido participle past
- decidiendo gerund
- decidida feminine participle past
- decididos masculine participle past
- decididas feminine participle past
- decides indicative informal present
- decidís indicative informal present
- decide indicative present singular
- decidimos first-person indicative plural
- deciden indicative plural present
- decidía first-person imperfect indicative
- decidías imperfect indicative second-person
- decidíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- decidíais imperfect indicative plural
- decidían imperfect indicative plural
- decidiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decidir?
- /deθiˈdiɾ/
- [d̪e.θiˈð̞iɾ]
- /desiˈdiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decidir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decidir in Spanish?
decidir appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).