empoderar
Spanish, verb/empodeˈɾaɾ/
empoderar is spelled E-M-P-O-D-E-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,452nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empoderar is a Spanish verb meaning “to empower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar poder, voz o agencia a una persona o grupo social oprimido, excluido o desfavorecido”.
What does empoderar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to empower
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar poder, voz o agencia a una persona o grupo social oprimido, excluido o desfavorecido. 2. Apoderar (dar poder a otra persona como representante para efectos judiciales).
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 empoderar
- empodero first-person present singular
- empoderé first-person preterite singular
- empoderado participle past
- empoderando gerund
- empoderada feminine participle past
- empoderados masculine participle past
- empoderadas feminine participle past
- empoderas indicative informal present
- empoderás indicative informal present
- empodera indicative present singular
- empoderamos first-person indicative plural
- empoderáis indicative plural present
- empoderan indicative plural present
- empoderaba first-person imperfect indicative
- empoderabas imperfect indicative second-person
- empoderábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- empoderabais imperfect indicative plural
- empoderaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empoderar?
- /empodeˈɾaɾ/
- [ẽm.po.ð̞eˈɾaɾ]
- [ẽmpoð̞eˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empoderar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empoderar in Spanish?
empoderar appears 1.1 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).