mordisquear
Spanish, verb/moɾdiskeˈaɾ/
mordisquear is spelled M-O-R-D-I-S-Q-U-E-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mordisquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to nibble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar mordiscos reiterados sobre algo”.
What does mordisquear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nibble
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar mordiscos reiterados sobre algo.
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 mordisquear
- mordisqueo first-person present singular
- mordisqueé first-person preterite singular
- mordisqueado participle past
- mordisqueando gerund
- mordisqueada feminine participle past
- mordisqueados masculine participle past
- mordisqueadas feminine participle past
- mordisqueas indicative informal present
- mordisqueás indicative informal present
- mordisquea indicative present singular
- mordisqueamos first-person indicative plural
- mordisqueáis indicative plural present
- mordisquean indicative plural present
- mordisqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
- mordisqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mordisqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mordisqueabais imperfect indicative plural
- mordisqueaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mordisquear?
- /moɾdiskeˈaɾ/
- [moɾ.ð̞is.keˈaɾ]
- [moɾð̞iskeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mordisquear in Spanish?
mordisquear appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).