enmudecer
Spanish, verb/emmudeˈθeɾ/
enmudecer is spelled E-N-M-U-D-E-C-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enmudecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to silence, to shut up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que alguien o algo deje de emitir sonidos, de usar la voz o de hablar; hacer callar algo o a alguien”.
What does enmudecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to silence, to shut up
- 2
to go silent, become mute
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 deje de emitir sonidos, de usar la voz o de hablar; hacer callar algo o a alguien.
verb: 1. Perder la capacidad o habilidad de hablar; quedarse mudo; contraer mudez. 2. Mantenerse en silencio a pesar de que se podría o debería hablar o emitir sonidos. 3. Referido a un sonido, dejar de ser audible, desaparecer, extinguirse.
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 enmudecer
- enmudezco first-person present singular
- enmudecí first-person preterite singular
- enmudecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- enmudeciendo gerund
- enmudecida feminine participle past
- enmudecidos masculine participle past
- enmudecidas feminine participle past
- enmudeces indicative informal present
- enmudecés indicative informal present
- enmudece indicative present singular
- enmudecemos first-person indicative plural
- enmudecéis indicative plural present
- enmudecen indicative plural present
- enmudecía first-person imperfect indicative
- enmudecías imperfect indicative second-person
- enmudecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- enmudecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enmudecer?
- /emmudeˈθeɾ/
- [ẽm.mu.ð̞eˈθeɾ]
- /emmudeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enmudecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enmudecer in Spanish?
enmudecer 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).