menguar
Spanish, verb/menˈɡwaɾ/
menguar is spelled M-E-N-G-U-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 83,712th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menguar is a Spanish verb meaning “to wane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Disminuir o irse consumiendo física o moralmente una cosa”.
What does menguar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wane
- 2
to decrease, diminish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Disminuir o irse consumiendo física o moralmente una cosa. 2. En particular, dicho de un astro, reducirse la superficie que del mismo resulta visible a simple vista.
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 menguar
- menguo first-person present singular
- mengüé first-person preterite singular
- menguado participle past
- gu-gü alternation
- menguando gerund
- menguada feminine participle past
- menguados masculine participle past
- menguadas feminine participle past
- menguas indicative informal present
- menguás indicative informal present
- mengua indicative present singular
- menguamos first-person indicative plural
- menguáis indicative plural present
- menguan indicative plural present
- menguaba first-person imperfect indicative
- menguabas imperfect indicative second-person
- menguábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- menguabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menguar?
- /menˈɡwaɾ/
- [mẽŋˈɡwaɾ]
- [mẽŋˈgwaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menguar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menguar in Spanish?
menguar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).