esgrimir
Spanish, verb/esɡɾiˈmiɾ/
esgrimir is spelled E-S-G-R-I-M-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 67,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esgrimir is a Spanish verb meaning “to brandish (a weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Jugar o manejar la espada, el sable y otras armas blancas, reparando y deteniendo los golpes del contrario, o…”.
What does esgrimir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brandish (a weapon)
- 2
to fence
- 3
to use; to put forward (an argument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Jugar o manejar la espada, el sable y otras armas blancas, reparando y deteniendo los golpes del contrario, o acometiéndole. 2. Usar una cosa como arma, para atacar, defenderse o lograr algún objetivo; proponer y defender un argumento.
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 esgrimir
- esgrimo first-person present singular
- esgrimí first-person preterite singular
- esgrimido participle past
- esgrimiendo gerund
- esgrimida feminine participle past
- esgrimidos masculine participle past
- esgrimidas feminine participle past
- esgrimes indicative informal present
- esgrimís indicative informal present
- esgrime indicative present singular
- esgrimimos first-person indicative plural
- esgrimen indicative plural present
- esgrimía first-person imperfect indicative
- esgrimías imperfect indicative second-person
- esgrimíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- esgrimíais imperfect indicative plural
- esgrimían imperfect indicative plural
- esgrimiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esgrimir?
- /esɡɾiˈmiɾ/
- [ez.ɣ̞ɾiˈmiɾ]
- [esɣ̞ɾiˈmiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esgrimir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esgrimir in Spanish?
esgrimir 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).