injuriar

[ĩŋxuˈɾjaɾ]

/[ĩŋxuˈɾjaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“injuriar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,164 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,164
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obrar o hablar contra la dignidad de otra persona, menoscabando su fama o atentando contra su propia estimación.

Corpus desk

Index ES-injuriar · injuriar · Spanish

injuriar · rank #93,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,164
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH inhalando

Nearest frequency peer: inhalando (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “injuriar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “injuriar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for injuriar
PropertyValue
Headwordinjuriar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩŋxuˈɾjaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,164
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “injuriar” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).injuriarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “inhalando” (#93,163), “inmanente” (#93,165), “ingiriendo” (#93,162). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “injuriar” va en #93,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

injuriar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,164 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩŋxuˈɾjaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for injuriar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is injuriar, spelled I-N-J-U-R-I-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obrar o hablar contra la dignidad de otra persona, menoscabando su fama o atentando contra su propia estimación.
  2. 2
    Ofender con palabras o acciones.
  3. 3
    Causar daño, menoscabo, deterioro o inconvenientes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how injuriar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. temblando de ira empezó a injuriarlo por primera vez en su larga vida de casados. Y las injurias brotaron primero inteligentes y sagaces, luego tan absurdas e injustas que calló de golpe, avergonzada, dispuesta de antemano a toda represalia.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "injuriar"?
"injuriar" is spelled I-N-J-U-R-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩŋxuˈɾjaɾ].
What does "injuriar" mean?
As a verb, "injuriar" means: Obrar o hablar contra la dignidad de otra persona, menoscabando su fama o atentando contra su propia estimación.
How do you pronounce "injuriar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "injuriar" is [ĩŋxuˈɾjaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "injuriar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "injuriar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list