fruncir
Spanish, verb/fɾunˈθiɾ/
fruncir is spelled F-R-U-N-C-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,042nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fruncir is a Spanish verb meaning “to pucker, wrinkle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arrugar la frente y las cejas en señal de desabrimiento o de ira”.
What does fruncir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pucker, wrinkle
- 2
to gather
- 3
to frown
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Arrugar la frente y las cejas en señal de desabrimiento o de ira. 2. Recoger la orilla del paño u otras telas, haciendo en ellas unas arrugas pequeñas. 3. Estrechar y recoger una cosa, reduciéndola a menor extensión. 4. Tergiversar u obscurecer la verdad.
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 fruncir
- frunzo first-person present singular
- fruncí first-person preterite singular
- fruncido participle past
- c-z alternation
- frunciendo gerund
- fruncida feminine participle past
- fruncidos masculine participle past
- fruncidas feminine participle past
- frunces indicative informal present
- fruncís indicative informal present
- frunce indicative present singular
- fruncimos first-person indicative plural
- fruncen indicative plural present
- fruncía first-person imperfect indicative
- fruncías imperfect indicative second-person
- fruncíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fruncíais imperfect indicative plural
- fruncían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fruncir?
- /fɾunˈθiɾ/
- [fɾũn̟ˈθiɾ]
- /fɾunˈsiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fruncir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fruncir in Spanish?
fruncir appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).