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ensuciarse

Spanish, verb[ẽnsuˈsjaɾse]

ensuciarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of ensuciar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cubrirse de suciedad, Ponerse sucio”.

What does ensuciarse mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    infinitive of ensuciar 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. Cubrirse de suciedad, Ponerse sucio. 2. Evacuar la vejiga o el intestino en la cama, la ropa, o en lugares no designados para ese fin. 3. Obrar de un modo corrupto o deshonesto, en particular aceptando dinero o sobornos por ello.

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 ensuciarse

  • haberse ensuciado impersonal infinitive
  • ensuciándose impersonal gerund
  • habiéndose ensuciado impersonal gerund
  • ensuciado impersonal participle
  • me ensucio first-person singular indicative
  • te ensucias second-person singular indicative
  • te ensuciás second-person singular vos-form
  • se ensucia third-person singular indicative
  • nos ensuciamos first-person plural indicative
  • os ensuciáis second-person plural indicative
  • se ensucian third-person plural indicative
  • me ensuciaba first-person singular indicative
  • te ensuciabas second-person singular indicative
  • se ensuciaba third-person singular indicative
  • nos ensuciábamos first-person plural indicative
  • os ensuciabais second-person plural indicative
  • se ensuciaban third-person plural indicative
  • me ensucié first-person singular indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ensuciarse?

  • [ẽnsuˈsjaɾse]
  • [ẽnsusiˈaɾse]
  • [ẽnsuˈθjaɾse]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is ensuciarse in Spanish?

ensuciarse appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).