lidiar
Spanish, verb/liˈdjaɾ/
lidiar is spelled L-I-D-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,995th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lidiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to fight, battle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Burlar al toro luchando con él y esquivando sus acometidas hasta darle muerte según las reglas de la…”.
What does lidiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fight, battle
- 2
to bullfight until the animal dies
- 3
to oppose someone
- 4
to attempt to negotiate with an annoying person
- 5
rareto argue, litigate
- 6
to cope, deal with, handle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Burlar al toro luchando con él y esquivando sus acometidas hasta darle muerte según las reglas de la tauromaquia.
verb: 1. Batallar, pelear. 2. Hacer frente a uno, oponérsele. 3. Tratar, comerciar con una o más personas que causan molestia y ejercitan la paciencia. 4. Litigar.
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 lidiar
- lidio first-person present singular
- lidié first-person preterite singular
- lidiado participle past
- lidiando gerund
- lidiada feminine participle past
- lidiados masculine participle past
- lidiadas feminine participle past
- lidias indicative informal present
- lidiás indicative informal present
- lidia indicative present singular
- lidiamos first-person indicative plural
- lidiáis indicative plural present
- lidian indicative plural present
- lidiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- lidiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- lidiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- lidiabais imperfect indicative plural
- lidiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lidiar?
- /liˈdjaɾ/
- [liˈð̞jaɾ]
- [lið̞iˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lidiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lidiar in Spanish?
lidiar appears 10 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).