pervertir
Spanish, verb/peɾbeɾˈtiɾ/
pervertir is spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-T-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 78,932nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pervertir is a Spanish verb meaning “to pervert, lead astray, garble, corrupt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer adquirir hábitos moralmente censurables”.
What does pervertir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pervert, lead astray, garble, corrupt
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer adquirir hábitos moralmente censurables. 2. Perturbar el orden o estado de las cosas.
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 pervertir
- pervierto first-person present singular
- pervertí first-person preterite singular
- pervertido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- pervirtiendo gerund
- pervertida feminine participle past
- pervertidos masculine participle past
- pervertidas feminine participle past
- perviertes indicative informal present
- pervertís indicative informal present
- pervierte indicative present singular
- pervertimos first-person indicative plural
- pervierten indicative plural present
- pervertía first-person imperfect indicative
- pervertías imperfect indicative second-person
- pervertíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pervertíais imperfect indicative plural
- pervertían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pervertir?
- /peɾbeɾˈtiɾ/
- [peɾ.β̞eɾˈt̪iɾ]
- [peɾβ̞eɾˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pervertir in Spanish?
pervertir appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).