envilecer
Spanish, verb/embileˈθeɾ/
envilecer is spelled E-N-V-I-L-E-C-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish, the 262,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Envilecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to debase, to devalue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer algo o a alguien abyecto, vil, infame, canalla o ruin, digno de desprecio o rechazo”.
What does envilecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to debase, to devalue
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer algo o a alguien abyecto, vil, infame, canalla o ruin, digno de desprecio o rechazo. 2. Hacer que baje o se reduzca el valor de un elemento financiero, como una moneda, un producto, una acción de la bolsa, etc.
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 envilecer
- envilezco first-person present singular
- envilecí first-person preterite singular
- envilecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- envileciendo gerund
- envilecida feminine participle past
- envilecidos masculine participle past
- envilecidas feminine participle past
- envileces indicative informal present
- envilecés indicative informal present
- envilece indicative present singular
- envilecemos first-person indicative plural
- envilecéis indicative plural present
- envilecen indicative plural present
- envilecía first-person imperfect indicative
- envilecías imperfect indicative second-person
- envilecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- envilecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce envilecer?
- /embileˈθeɾ/
- [ẽm.bi.leˈθeɾ]
- /embileˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to envilecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is envilecer in Spanish?
envilecer appears about once in every 56 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).