dirigir
Spanish, verb/diɾiˈxiɾ/
dirigir is spelled D-I-R-I-G-I-R (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,150th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dirigir is a Spanish verb meaning “to direct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Manejar o gobernar algo”.
What does dirigir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to direct
- 2
to lead, guide, conduct
- 3
to steer
- 4
(+ a) to address, direct to
- 5
(+ a) to head, to make one's way, to head over
Dirígete recto y luego gira a la izquierda.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Manejar o gobernar algo.
verb: 1. Rodar una película.
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 dirigir
- dirijo first-person present singular
- dirigí first-person preterite singular
- dirigido participle past
- g-j alternation
- dirigiendo gerund
- dirigida feminine participle past
- dirigidos masculine participle past
- dirigidas feminine participle past
- diriges indicative informal present
- dirigís indicative informal present
- dirige indicative present singular
- dirigimos first-person indicative plural
- dirigen indicative plural present
- dirigía first-person imperfect indicative
- dirigías imperfect indicative second-person
- dirigíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- dirigíais imperfect indicative plural
- dirigían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dirigir?
- /diɾiˈxiɾ/
- [d̪i.ɾiˈxiɾ]
- [d̪iɾiˈxiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dirigir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dirigir in Spanish?
dirigir appears 19 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).