degenerar
Spanish, verb/dexeneˈɾaɾ/
degenerar is spelled D-E-G-E-N-E-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 79,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Degenerar is a Spanish verb meaning “to degenerate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener o llegar a un estado inferior a uno anterior; declinar, decaer, descender, empeorar en condición o en…”.
What does degenerar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to degenerate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener o llegar a un estado inferior a uno anterior; declinar, decaer, descender, empeorar en condición o en valor. 2. Tener o llegar a una condición o modo de vida considerado menos virtuoso, de menos fuerza moral o de menos integridad ética que uno anterior. 3. Se dice de una célula o un tejido que pierde la integridad de su estructura o de su funcionamiento. 4. Referido a una figura, en especial geométrica, parecerse a otra por causa de la perspectiva.
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 degenerar
- degenero first-person present singular
- degeneré first-person preterite singular
- degenerado participle past
- degenerando gerund
- degenerada feminine participle past
- degenerados masculine participle past
- degeneradas feminine participle past
- degeneras indicative informal present
- degenerás indicative informal present
- degenera indicative present singular
- degeneramos first-person indicative plural
- degeneráis indicative plural present
- degeneran indicative plural present
- degeneraba first-person imperfect indicative
- degenerabas imperfect indicative second-person
- degenerábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- degenerabais imperfect indicative plural
- degeneraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce degenerar?
- /dexeneˈɾaɾ/
- [d̪e.xe.neˈɾaɾ]
- [d̪exeneˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to degenerar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is degenerar in Spanish?
degenerar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).