lastimar
Spanish, verb/lastiˈmaɾ/
lastimar is spelled L-A-S-T-I-M-A-R (8 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lastimar is a Spanish verb meaning “to injure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar daño físico”.
What does lastimar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Latin-Americato injure
Me lastimé la pierna.
- 2
Latin-Americato damage, harm
- 3
Latin-Americato hurt (in its intransitive sense, to cause physical or mental pain)
- 4
Latin-Americato offend
- 5
to pity
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar daño físico. 2. Causar dolor. 3. Excitar a compasión. 4. Compadecer.
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 lastimar
- lastimo first-person present singular
- lastimé first-person preterite singular
- lastimado participle past
- lastimando gerund
- lastimada feminine participle past
- lastimados masculine participle past
- lastimadas feminine participle past
- lastimas indicative informal present
- lastimás indicative informal present
- lastima indicative present singular
- lastimamos first-person indicative plural
- lastimáis indicative plural present
- lastiman indicative plural present
- lastimaba first-person imperfect indicative
- lastimabas imperfect indicative second-person
- lastimábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- lastimabais imperfect indicative plural
- lastimaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lastimar?
- /lastiˈmaɾ/
- [las.t̪iˈmaɾ]
- [last̪iˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lastimar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lastimar in Spanish?
lastimar appears 3.9 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).