imponer
Spanish, verb/impoˈneɾ/
imponer is spelled I-M-P-O-N-E-R (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imponer is a Spanish verb meaning “to impose, impress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner a alguien en la obligación de cumplir con una carga, impuesto, trabajo, deber u otra exigencia”.
What does imponer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impose, impress
- 2
to impose, enforce, foist
- 3
to enjoin
- 4
to dominate; to show force
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner a alguien en la obligación de cumplir con una carga, impuesto, trabajo, deber u otra exigencia. 2. Causar una fuerte impresión. 3. Causar temor o respeto. 4. Poner a alguien al corriente de un nuevo trabajo, ocupaciones o novedades.
verb: 1. Pagar los impuestos. 2. Pagar las cotizaciones previsionales o imposiciones.
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 imponer
- impongo first-person present singular
- impuse first-person preterite singular
- impuesto participle past
- imponiendo gerund
- impuesta feminine participle past
- impuestos masculine participle past
- impuestas feminine participle past
- impones indicative informal present
- imponés indicative informal present
- impone indicative present singular
- imponemos first-person indicative plural
- imponéis indicative plural present
- imponen indicative plural present
- imponía first-person imperfect indicative
- imponías imperfect indicative second-person
- imponíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- imponíais imperfect indicative plural
- imponían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imponer?
- /impoˈneɾ/
- [ĩm.poˈneɾ]
- [ĩmpoˈneɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imponer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imponer in Spanish?
imponer appears 17 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).