hostigar
Spanish, verb/ostiˈɡaɾ/
hostigar is spelled H-O-S-T-I-G-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hostigar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Azotar, castigar con látigo, vara u cosa semejante”.
What does hostigar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lash
- 2
to harass; to pester
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Azotar, castigar con látigo, vara u cosa semejante 2. Perseguir, molestar a uno, ya burlándose de él, ya contradiciéndole u de otro modo. 3. Intentar motivar insistentemente a alguien para que haga algo. 4. Hacer actividades que buscan dañar o destruir al enemigo.
verb: 1. Empalagar o hastiar de algunos alimentos o bebidas 2. Molestar, incordiar.
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 hostigar
- hostigo first-person present singular
- hostigué first-person preterite singular
- hostigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- hostigando gerund
- hostigada feminine participle past
- hostigados masculine participle past
- hostigadas feminine participle past
- hostigas indicative informal present
- hostigás indicative informal present
- hostiga indicative present singular
- hostigamos first-person indicative plural
- hostigáis indicative plural present
- hostigan indicative plural present
- hostigaba first-person imperfect indicative
- hostigabas imperfect indicative second-person
- hostigábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- hostigabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hostigar?
- /ostiˈɡaɾ/
- [os.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [ost̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hostigar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hostigar in Spanish?
hostigar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).