empequeñecer
Spanish, verb/empekeɲeˈθeɾ/
empequeñecer is spelled E-M-P-E-Q-U-E-Ñ-E-C-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empequeñecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to reduce, shrink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Volver algo o alguien más pequeño, disminuir su tamaño, importancia o intensidad”.
What does empequeñecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reduce, shrink
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Volver algo o alguien más pequeño, disminuir su tamaño, importancia o intensidad.
verb: 1. Hacerse más pequeño, menos grande, menos importante o menos intenso.
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 empequeñecer
- empequeñezco first-person present singular
- empequeñecí first-person preterite singular
- empequeñecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- empequeñeciendo gerund
- empequeñecida feminine participle past
- empequeñecidos masculine participle past
- empequeñecidas feminine participle past
- empequeñeces indicative informal present
- empequeñecés indicative informal present
- empequeñece indicative present singular
- empequeñecemos first-person indicative plural
- empequeñecéis indicative plural present
- empequeñecen indicative plural present
- empequeñecía first-person imperfect indicative
- empequeñecías imperfect indicative second-person
- empequeñecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- empequeñecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empequeñecer?
- /empekeɲeˈθeɾ/
- [ẽm.pe.ke.ɲeˈθeɾ]
- /empekeɲeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empequeñecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empequeñecer in Spanish?
empequeñecer appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).