imponerse
Spanish, verb[ĩmpoˈneɾse]
imponerse is spelled I-M-P-O-N-E-R-S-E (9 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imponerse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of imponer combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer prevalecer su propia autoridad sobre los demás”.
What does imponerse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of imponer combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer prevalecer su propia autoridad sobre los demás. 2. Dicho de algo, ser necesario. 3. En pruebas y competencias, superar a los contrincantes. 4. Volverse popular o común algún hábito, costumbre, moda, ropa u otra cosa.
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 imponerse
- haberse impuesto impersonal infinitive
- imponiéndose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose impuesto impersonal gerund
- impuesto impersonal participle
- me impongo first-person singular indicative
- te impones second-person singular indicative
- te imponés second-person singular vos-form
- se impone third-person singular indicative
- nos imponemos first-person plural indicative
- os imponéis second-person plural indicative
- se imponen third-person plural indicative
- me imponía first-person singular indicative
- te imponías second-person singular indicative
- se imponía third-person singular indicative
- nos imponíamos first-person plural indicative
- os imponíais second-person plural indicative
- se imponían third-person plural indicative
- me impuse first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imponerse?
- [ĩmpoˈneɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is imponerse in Spanish?
imponerse appears 3.1 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).