masturbar
Spanish, verb/mastuɾˈbaɾ/
masturbar is spelled M-A-S-T-U-R-B-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 73,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Masturbar is a Spanish verb meaning “to masturbate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estimular los genitales con la mano u otro instrumento para la obtención de placer sexual”.
What does masturbar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to masturbate
- 2
to masturbate oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estimular los genitales con la mano u otro instrumento para la obtención de placer sexual
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 masturbar
- masturbo first-person present singular
- masturbé first-person preterite singular
- masturbado participle past
- masturbando gerund
- masturbada feminine participle past
- masturbados masculine participle past
- masturbadas feminine participle past
- masturbas indicative informal present
- masturbás indicative informal present
- masturba indicative present singular
- masturbamos first-person indicative plural
- masturbáis indicative plural present
- masturban indicative plural present
- masturbaba first-person imperfect indicative
- masturbabas imperfect indicative second-person
- masturbábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- masturbabais imperfect indicative plural
- masturbaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce masturbar?
- /mastuɾˈbaɾ/
- [mas.t̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]
- [mast̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to masturbar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is masturbar in Spanish?
masturbar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).