empoderarse
Spanish, verb[ẽmpoð̞eˈɾaɾse]
empoderarse is spelled E-M-P-O-D-E-R-A-R-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 110,969th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empoderarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of empoderar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estar en proceso de liberación de un estado de opresión o de dependencia social, moral o intelectual…”.
What does empoderarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of empoderar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estar en proceso de liberación de un estado de opresión o de dependencia social, moral o intelectual, adquiriendo la capacidad de utilizar con plenitud los propios derechos. 2. Apoderarse (poner algo bajo su poder o control).
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 empoderarse
- haberse empoderado impersonal infinitive
- empoderándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose empoderado impersonal gerund
- empoderado impersonal participle
- me empodero first-person singular indicative
- te empoderas second-person singular indicative
- te empoderás second-person singular vos-form
- se empodera third-person singular indicative
- nos empoderamos first-person plural indicative
- os empoderáis second-person plural indicative
- se empoderan third-person plural indicative
- me empoderaba first-person singular indicative
- te empoderabas second-person singular indicative
- se empoderaba third-person singular indicative
- nos empoderábamos first-person plural indicative
- os empoderabais second-person plural indicative
- se empoderaban third-person plural indicative
- me empoderé first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empoderarse?
- [ẽmpoð̞eˈɾaɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empoderarse in Spanish?
empoderarse appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).