instruir
Spanish, verb/insˈtɾwiɾ/
instruir is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-I-R (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,926th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instruir is a Spanish verb meaning “to instruct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enseñar, doctrinar”.
What does instruir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to instruct
- 2
to inform
- 3
to educate, school
- 4
Spainto investigate in the course of a criminal proceeding
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enseñar, doctrinar. 2. Communicar sistemáticamente ideas, conocimientos o doctrinas. 3. Dar a conocer a uno el estado de una cosa, informarle de ella, o comunicarle avisos o reglas de conducta. 4. Formalizar un proceso administrativo o judicial conforme a las reglas de derecho y prácticas recibidas.
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 instruir
- instruyo first-person present singular
- instruí first-person preterite singular
- instruido participle past
- instruyendo gerund
- instruida feminine participle past
- instruidos masculine participle past
- instruidas feminine participle past
- instruyes indicative informal present
- instruís indicative informal present
- instruye indicative present singular
- instruimos first-person indicative plural
- instruyen indicative plural present
- instruía first-person imperfect indicative
- instruías imperfect indicative second-person
- instruíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- instruíais imperfect indicative plural
- instruían imperfect indicative plural
- instruiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instruir?
- /insˈtɾwiɾ/
- [ĩnsˈt̪ɾwiɾ]
- /instɾuˈiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instruir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instruir in Spanish?
instruir appears 1.0 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).