prestigiar
Spanish, verb[pɾest̪iˈxjaɾ]
prestigiar is spelled P-R-E-S-T-I-G-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prestigiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to honor, to make famous (to contribute to one's prestige)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar reputación, importancia, prestigio, influencia, realce, visibilidad, fama, autoridad. Hacer notable o”.
What does prestigiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to honor, to make famous (to contribute to one's prestige)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar reputación, importancia, prestigio, influencia, realce, visibilidad, fama, autoridad. Hacer notable o
verb: 1. Hacer prestidigtaciones o trucos para asombrar o engañar.
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 prestigiar
- prestigio first-person present singular
- prestigié first-person preterite singular
- prestigiado participle past
- prestigiando gerund
- prestigiada feminine participle past
- prestigiados masculine participle past
- prestigiadas feminine participle past
- prestigias indicative informal present
- prestigiás indicative informal present
- prestigia indicative present singular
- prestigiamos first-person indicative plural
- prestigiáis indicative plural present
- prestigian indicative plural present
- prestigiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- prestigiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- prestigiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- prestigiabais imperfect indicative plural
- prestigiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prestigiar?
- [pɾest̪iˈxjaɾ]
- [pɾest̪ixiˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prestigiar in Spanish?
prestigiar appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).