embrujar
Spanish, verb/embɾuˈxaɾ/
embrujar is spelled E-M-B-R-U-J-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embrujar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bewitch, haunt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Controlar la conducta de alguien o perjudicar su salud o bienestar mediante prácticas supersticiosas”.
What does embrujar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bewitch, haunt
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Controlar la conducta de alguien o perjudicar su salud o bienestar mediante prácticas supersticiosas. 2. Generar gran interés, deseo o admiración.
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 embrujar
- embrujo first-person present singular
- embrujé first-person preterite singular
- embrujado participle past
- embrujando gerund
- embrujada feminine participle past
- embrujados masculine participle past
- embrujadas feminine participle past
- embrujas indicative informal present
- embrujás indicative informal present
- embruja indicative present singular
- embrujamos first-person indicative plural
- embrujáis indicative plural present
- embrujan indicative plural present
- embrujaba first-person imperfect indicative
- embrujabas imperfect indicative second-person
- embrujábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- embrujabais imperfect indicative plural
- embrujaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embrujar?
- /embɾuˈxaɾ/
- [ẽm.bɾuˈxaɾ]
- [ẽmbɾuˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embrujar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embrujar in Spanish?
embrujar appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).