inducir
Spanish, verb/induˈθiɾ/
inducir is spelled I-N-D-U-C-I-R (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inducir is a Spanish verb meaning “to induce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instigar, persuadir, mover a uno”.
What does inducir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to induce
- 2
to lead
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Instigar, persuadir, mover a uno. 2. Ocasionar, causar. 3. Ascender lógicamente el entendimiento desde el conocimiento de los fenómenos, hechos o casos, a la ley o principio que virtualmente los contiene o que se efectúa en todos ellos uniformemente. 4. Producir un cuerpo electrizado fenómenos eléctricos en otro situado a cierta distancia de él.
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 inducir
- induzco first-person present singular
- induje first-person preterite singular
- inducido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- induciendo gerund
- inducida feminine participle past
- inducidos masculine participle past
- inducidas feminine participle past
- induces indicative informal present
- inducís indicative informal present
- induce indicative present singular
- inducimos first-person indicative plural
- inducen indicative plural present
- inducía first-person imperfect indicative
- inducías imperfect indicative second-person
- inducíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- inducíais imperfect indicative plural
- inducían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inducir?
- /induˈθiɾ/
- [ĩn̪.d̪uˈθiɾ]
- /induˈsiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inducir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inducir in Spanish?
inducir appears 2.2 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).