hundir
Spanish, verb/unˈdiɾ/
hundir is spelled H-U-N-D-I-R (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,055th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hundir is a Spanish verb meaning “to sink, engulf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sumergir, meter en lo hondo”.
What does hundir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sink, engulf
- 2
to ruin, destroy
- 3
to sink, sink down
- 4
to collapse, cave in, subside
- 5
to break down, go to pieces, fall apart
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sumergir, meter en lo hondo. 2. Deformar un medio, específicamente una superficie. 3. Oprimir, abatir. 4. Confundir a las personas, vencerlas con argumentos.
verb: 1. Destruir, arruinar, aprehender. 2. Arruinarse un edificio. 3. Existir disensiones y alborotos en alguna parte. 4. Esconderse algo y desaparecer, de forma que no se pueda encontrar.
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 hundir
- hundo first-person present singular
- hundí first-person preterite singular
- hundido participle past
- hundiendo gerund
- hundida feminine participle past
- hundidos masculine participle past
- hundidas feminine participle past
- hundes indicative informal present
- hundís indicative informal present
- hunde indicative present singular
- hundimos first-person indicative plural
- hunden indicative plural present
- hundía first-person imperfect indicative
- hundías imperfect indicative second-person
- hundíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- hundíais imperfect indicative plural
- hundían imperfect indicative plural
- hundiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hundir?
- /unˈdiɾ/
- [ũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hundir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hundir in Spanish?
hundir appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).