padecer
Spanish, verb/padeˈθeɾ/
padecer is spelled P-A-D-E-C-E-R (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,558th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Padecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to suffer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sufrir un daño de cualquier clase, como una carga, un mal o una enfermedad”.
What does padecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suffer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sufrir un daño de cualquier clase, como una carga, un mal o una enfermedad 2. En particular, sobrellevar con entereza un daño tal
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 padecer
- padezco first-person present singular
- padecí first-person preterite singular
- padecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- padeciendo gerund
- padecida feminine participle past
- padecidos masculine participle past
- padecidas feminine participle past
- padeces indicative informal present
- padecés indicative informal present
- padece indicative present singular
- padecemos first-person indicative plural
- padecéis indicative plural present
- padecen indicative plural present
- padecía first-person imperfect indicative
- padecías imperfect indicative second-person
- padecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- padecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce padecer?
- /padeˈθeɾ/
- [pa.ð̞eˈθeɾ]
- /padeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to padecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is padecer in Spanish?
padecer appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).