interrumpir
Spanish, verb/interumˈpiɾ/
interrumpir is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-U-M-P-I-R (11 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interrumpir is a Spanish verb meaning “to interrupt, to barge in, to disrupt, to disturb, to intrude, to cut in, to break in, to butt in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Detener, parar la continuación de algo que se extiende en el lugar o en el tiempo”.
What does interrumpir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to interrupt, to barge in, to disrupt, to disturb, to intrude, to cut in, to break in, to butt in
- 2
to discontinue, suspend
- 3
to cut short
- 4
to break, to break off, to halt, to cease
- 5
to stop (e.g., medication, treatment)
- 6
to cut off, to block
- 7
to heckle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Detener, parar la continuación de algo que se extiende en el lugar o en el tiempo. 2. Impedir u obstaculizar la palabra a alguien que está hablando.
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 interrumpir
- interrumpo first-person present singular
- interrumpí first-person preterite singular
- interrumpido participle past
- interrumpiendo gerund
- interrumpida feminine participle past
- interrumpidos masculine participle past
- interrumpidas feminine participle past
- interrumpes indicative informal present
- interrumpís indicative informal present
- interrumpe indicative present singular
- interrumpimos first-person indicative plural
- interrumpen indicative plural present
- interrumpía first-person imperfect indicative
- interrumpías imperfect indicative second-person
- interrumpíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- interrumpíais imperfect indicative plural
- interrumpían imperfect indicative plural
- interrumpiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interrumpir?
- /interumˈpiɾ/
- [ĩn̪.t̪e.rũmˈpiɾ]
- [ĩn̪t̪erũmˈpiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interrumpir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interrumpir in Spanish?
interrumpir appears 5.0 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).