ejercer
Spanish, verb/exeɾˈθeɾ/
ejercer is spelled E-J-E-R-C-E-R (7 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,394th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ejercer is a Spanish verb meaning “to exercise (enforce)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Practicar los actos propios de un oficio, facultad o profesión”.
What does ejercer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exercise (enforce)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Practicar los actos propios de un oficio, facultad o profesión. 2. Emplear o aplicar o consumir un recurso, derecho, capacidad o virtud. 3. Aplicar presión o fuerza o influencia sobre algo o alguien. 4. Comportarse según se espera de un patrón o tipo o condición.
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 ejercer
- ejerzo first-person present singular
- ejercí first-person preterite singular
- ejercido participle past
- c-z alternation
- ejerciendo gerund
- ejercida feminine participle past
- ejercidos masculine participle past
- ejercidas feminine participle past
- ejerces indicative informal present
- ejercés indicative informal present
- ejerce indicative present singular
- ejercemos first-person indicative plural
- ejercéis indicative plural present
- ejercen indicative plural present
- ejercía first-person imperfect indicative
- ejercías imperfect indicative second-person
- ejercíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ejercíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ejercer?
- /exeɾˈθeɾ/
- [e.xeɾˈθeɾ]
- /exeɾˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ejercer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ejercer in Spanish?
ejercer appears 24 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).