merodear
Spanish, verb/meɾodeˈaɾ/
merodear is spelled M-E-R-O-D-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 93,848th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merodear is a Spanish verb meaning “to prowl, to skulk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Por extensión, andar deambulando por un lugar, robando y saqueando todo lo que aparece por doquier”.
What does merodear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prowl, to skulk
- 2
to maraud; to raid; to pillage
- 3
to stalk, loiter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apartarse algunos soldados del cuerpo en que marchan, a reconocer en los caseríos y el campo lo que pueden coger o robar. 2. Por extensión, andar deambulando por un lugar, robando y saqueando todo lo que aparece por doquier.
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 merodear
- merodeo first-person present singular
- merodeé first-person preterite singular
- merodeado participle past
- merodeando gerund
- merodeada feminine participle past
- merodeados masculine participle past
- merodeadas feminine participle past
- merodeas indicative informal present
- merodeás indicative informal present
- merodea indicative present singular
- merodeamos first-person indicative plural
- merodeáis indicative plural present
- merodean indicative plural present
- merodeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- merodeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- merodeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- merodeabais imperfect indicative plural
- merodeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merodear?
- /meɾodeˈaɾ/
- [me.ɾo.ð̞eˈaɾ]
- [meɾoð̞eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to merodear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is merodear in Spanish?
merodear appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).