mortificar
Spanish, verb/moɾtifiˈkaɾ/
mortificar is spelled M-O-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 148,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mortificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to mortify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir dolor, experimentar remordimiento o angustia por algo”.
What does mortificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mortify
- 2
to torment, to annoy
- 3
to feel ashamed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Producir dolor, experimentar remordimiento o angustia por algo. 2. Castigar físicamente el cuerpo como penitencia o castigo. 3. Privar de vitalidad o dañar con severidad alguna parte del cuerpo.
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 mortificar
- mortifico first-person present singular
- mortifiqué first-person preterite singular
- mortificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- mortificando gerund
- mortificada feminine participle past
- mortificados masculine participle past
- mortificadas feminine participle past
- mortificas indicative informal present
- mortificás indicative informal present
- mortifica indicative present singular
- mortificamos first-person indicative plural
- mortificáis indicative plural present
- mortifican indicative plural present
- mortificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- mortificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mortificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mortificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mortificar?
- /moɾtifiˈkaɾ/
- [moɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- [moɾt̪ifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mortificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mortificar in Spanish?
mortificar appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).