depredar
Spanish, verb/depɾeˈdaɾ/
depredar is spelled D-E-P-R-E-D-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 128,005th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Depredar is a Spanish verb meaning “to prey on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tomar de modo violento y con destrozo el espacio o las posesiones de otros, especialmente en grupo; saquear”.
What does depredar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prey on
- 2
to pillage, sack
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tomar de modo violento y con destrozo el espacio o las posesiones de otros, especialmente en grupo; saquear. 2. Referido a un animal, cazar y devorar a otros de otra especie; a sus presas.
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 depredar
- depredo first-person present singular
- depredé first-person preterite singular
- depredado participle past
- depredando gerund
- depredada feminine participle past
- depredados masculine participle past
- depredadas feminine participle past
- depredas indicative informal present
- depredás indicative informal present
- depreda indicative present singular
- depredamos first-person indicative plural
- depredáis indicative plural present
- depredan indicative plural present
- depredaba first-person imperfect indicative
- depredabas imperfect indicative second-person
- depredábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- depredabais imperfect indicative plural
- depredaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce depredar?
- /depɾeˈdaɾ/
- [d̪e.pɾeˈð̞aɾ]
- [d̪epɾeˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to depredar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is depredar in Spanish?
depredar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).