indultar
Spanish, verb/indulˈtaɾ/
indultar is spelled I-N-D-U-L-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indultar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pardon (grant an official pardon for a crime)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perdonar a alguien el todo o parte de la pena que tiene impuesta”.
What does indultar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pardon (grant an official pardon for a crime)
- 2
to release a bull back into the wild after a fight, due to its excellent performance
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Perdonar a alguien el todo o parte de la pena que tiene impuesta. 2. Exceptuar o eximir de una ley u obligación a alguien.
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 indultar
- indulto first-person present singular
- indulté first-person preterite singular
- indultado participle past
- indultando gerund
- indultada feminine participle past
- indultados masculine participle past
- indultadas feminine participle past
- indultas indicative informal present
- indultás indicative informal present
- indulta indicative present singular
- indultamos first-person indicative plural
- indultáis indicative plural present
- indultan indicative plural present
- indultaba first-person imperfect indicative
- indultabas imperfect indicative second-person
- indultábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- indultabais imperfect indicative plural
- indultaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indultar?
- /indulˈtaɾ/
- [ĩn̪.d̪ul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [ĩn̪d̪ul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indultar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indultar in Spanish?
indultar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).