perder
Spanish, verb/peɾˈdeɾ/
perder is spelled P-E-R-D-E-R (6 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written Spanish, the 844th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perder is a Spanish verb meaning “to lose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dejar de poseer un objeto o bien material”.
What does perder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lose
- 2
to lose someone (experience the death of someone)
- 3
to go missing
- 4
to lose one's way
La niña se perdió en el bosque.
- 5
to get lost, to go away
¡Piérdete!
- 6
to waste
perder el tiempo
- 7
to miss, to miss out on
No quiero perderme nada.
- 8
to lose, to be defeated
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dejar de poseer un objeto o bien material. 2. No hallar un objeto personal. 3. Dejar de poseer una cualidad espiritual o moral. 4. Sufrir una disminución.
verb: 1. Desinflarse.
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 perder
- pierdo first-person present singular
- perdí first-person preterite singular
- perdido participle past
- e-ie alternation
- perdiendo gerund
- perdida feminine participle past
- perdidos masculine participle past
- perdidas feminine participle past
- pierdes indicative informal present
- perdés indicative informal present
- pierde indicative present singular
- perdemos first-person indicative plural
- perdéis indicative plural present
- pierden indicative plural present
- perdía first-person imperfect indicative
- perdías imperfect indicative second-person
- perdíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- perdíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perder?
- /peɾˈdeɾ/
- [peɾˈð̞eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perder in Spanish?
perder appears 105 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).