intimidar
Spanish, verb/intimiˈdaɾ/
intimidar is spelled I-N-T-I-M-I-D-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,401st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intimidar is a Spanish verb meaning “to intimidate, to frighten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Inculcar o provocar miedo, temor o aprensión”.
What does intimidar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intimidate, to frighten
- 2
to bully
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Inculcar o provocar miedo, temor o aprensión.
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 intimidar
- intimido first-person present singular
- intimidé first-person preterite singular
- intimidado participle past
- intimidando gerund
- intimidada feminine participle past
- intimidados masculine participle past
- intimidadas feminine participle past
- intimidas indicative informal present
- intimidás indicative informal present
- intimida indicative present singular
- intimidamos first-person indicative plural
- intimidáis indicative plural present
- intimidan indicative plural present
- intimidaba first-person imperfect indicative
- intimidabas imperfect indicative second-person
- intimidábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- intimidabais imperfect indicative plural
- intimidaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intimidar?
- /intimiˈdaɾ/
- [ĩn̪.t̪i.miˈð̞aɾ]
- [ĩn̪t̪imiˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intimidar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intimidar in Spanish?
intimidar appears 1.8 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).