empobrecer
Spanish, verb/empobɾeˈθeɾ/
empobrecer is spelled E-M-P-O-B-R-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 76,156th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empobrecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to impoverish, make poor, break financially” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que alguien o algo sea, parezca o se vuelva pobre o más pobre, menos abundante o menos rico”.
What does empobrecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impoverish, make poor, break financially
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que alguien o algo sea, parezca o se vuelva pobre o más pobre, menos abundante o menos rico.
verb: 1. Quedar en condición de pobreza o llegar a ella. 2. Llegar a un estado de deterioro o ruina, de menos aprecio, estima o valor; venir a menos.
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 empobrecer
- empobrezco first-person present singular
- empobrecí first-person preterite singular
- empobrecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- empobreciendo gerund
- empobrecida feminine participle past
- empobrecidos masculine participle past
- empobrecidas feminine participle past
- empobreces indicative informal present
- empobrecés indicative informal present
- empobrece indicative present singular
- empobrecemos first-person indicative plural
- empobrecéis indicative plural present
- empobrecen indicative plural present
- empobrecía first-person imperfect indicative
- empobrecías imperfect indicative second-person
- empobrecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- empobrecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empobrecer?
- /empobɾeˈθeɾ/
- [ẽm.po.β̞ɾeˈθeɾ]
- /empobɾeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empobrecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empobrecer in Spanish?
empobrecer appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).