irritar
Spanish, verb/iriˈtaɾ/
irritar is spelled I-R-R-I-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irritar is a Spanish verb meaning “to irritate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar sensación de ardor o irritación”.
What does irritar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to irritate
- 2
to excite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar sensación de ardor o irritación. 2. Producir llagas o heridas que a su vez producen irritación. 3. Causar ira, enojar.
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 irritar
- irrito first-person present singular
- irrité first-person preterite singular
- irritado participle past
- irritando gerund
- irritada feminine participle past
- irritados masculine participle past
- irritadas feminine participle past
- irritas indicative informal present
- irritás indicative informal present
- irrita indicative present singular
- irritamos first-person indicative plural
- irritáis indicative plural present
- irritan indicative plural present
- irritaba first-person imperfect indicative
- irritabas imperfect indicative second-person
- irritábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- irritabais imperfect indicative plural
- irritaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce irritar?
- /iriˈtaɾ/
- [i.riˈt̪aɾ]
- [iriˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to irritar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is irritar in Spanish?
irritar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).