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deteriorarse

Spanish, verb[d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾse]

deteriorarse is spelled D-E-T-E-R-I-O-R-A-R-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 60,585th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deteriorarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of deteriorar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Caer en un estado inferior o en una condición menos deseable a una anterior; empeorar, degenerar, decaer”.

What does deteriorarse mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    infinitive of deteriorar 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. Caer en un estado inferior o en una condición menos deseable a una anterior; empeorar, degenerar, decaer.

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 deteriorarse

  • haberse deteriorado impersonal infinitive
  • deteriorándose impersonal gerund
  • habiéndose deteriorado impersonal gerund
  • deteriorado impersonal participle
  • me deterioro first-person singular indicative
  • te deterioras second-person singular indicative
  • te deteriorás second-person singular vos-form
  • se deteriora third-person singular indicative
  • nos deterioramos first-person plural indicative
  • os deterioráis second-person plural indicative
  • se deterioran third-person plural indicative
  • me deterioraba first-person singular indicative
  • te deteriorabas second-person singular indicative
  • se deterioraba third-person singular indicative
  • nos deteriorábamos first-person plural indicative
  • os deteriorabais second-person plural indicative
  • se deterioraban third-person plural indicative
  • me deterioré first-person singular indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce deteriorarse?

  • [d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾse]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is deteriorarse in Spanish?

deteriorarse 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).

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