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nutrir

Spanish, verb/nuˈtɾiɾ/

nutrir is spelled N-U-T-R-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,983rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nutrir is a Spanish verb meaning “to nourish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Servir a un organismo las sustancias que necesita para realizar sus funciones”.

What does nutrir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to nourish

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Servir a un organismo las sustancias que necesita para realizar sus funciones. 2. Fortalecer, dar nuevas fuerzas. 3. Ocupar un espacio, poner mucha gente, animales o cosas en un lugar.

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 nutrir

  • nutro first-person present singular
  • nutrí first-person preterite singular
  • nutrido participle past
  • nutriendo gerund
  • nutrida feminine participle past
  • nutridos masculine participle past
  • nutridas feminine participle past
  • nutres indicative informal present
  • nutrís indicative informal present
  • nutre indicative present singular
  • nutrimos first-person indicative plural
  • nutren indicative plural present
  • nutría first-person imperfect indicative
  • nutrías imperfect indicative second-person
  • nutríamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • nutríais imperfect indicative plural
  • nutrían imperfect indicative plural
  • nutriste indicative preterite second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nutrir?

  • /nuˈtɾiɾ/
  • [nuˈt̪ɾiɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to nutrir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is nutrir in Spanish?

nutrir appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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