madrear
Spanish, verb/madɾeˈaɾ/
madrear is spelled M-A-D-R-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Madrear is a Spanish verb meaning “to look like one's mother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Golpear a alguien con dureza y decisión”.
What does madrear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look like one's mother
- 2
Mexicovulgarto strongly hit someone/something or beat someone/something up
- 3
to turn sour
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Golpear a alguien con dureza y decisión 2. Por extensión, castigar o reprender severamente 3. Por extensión, maltratar o descomponer algo 4. Insultar.
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 madrear
- madreo first-person present singular
- madreé first-person preterite singular
- madreado participle past
- madreando gerund
- madreada feminine participle past
- madreados masculine participle past
- madreadas feminine participle past
- madreas indicative informal present
- madreás indicative informal present
- madrea indicative present singular
- madreamos first-person indicative plural
- madreáis indicative plural present
- madrean indicative plural present
- madreaba first-person imperfect indicative
- madreabas imperfect indicative second-person
- madreábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- madreabais imperfect indicative plural
- madreaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce madrear?
- /madɾeˈaɾ/
- [ma.ð̞ɾeˈaɾ]
- [mað̞ɾeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is madrear in Spanish?
madrear appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).