prohibir
Spanish, verb/pɾoiˈbiɾ/
prohibir is spelled P-R-O-H-I-B-I-R (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,046th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prohibir is a Spanish verb meaning “to forbid, prohibit, enjoin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Negar el permiso o la posibilidad para la ejecución de una acción (o modo de obrar) o para el uso, consumo o…”.
What does prohibir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forbid, prohibit, enjoin
se prohíbe fumar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Negar el permiso o la posibilidad para la ejecución de una acción (o modo de obrar) o para el uso, consumo o presencia de algo en determinadas circunstancias. 2. Negar el consumo de algún alimento como parte de un tratamiento médico.
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 prohibir
- prohíbo first-person present singular
- prohibí first-person preterite singular
- prohibido participle past
- i-í alternation
- prohibiendo gerund
- prohibida feminine participle past
- prohibidos masculine participle past
- prohibidas feminine participle past
- prohíbes indicative informal present
- prohibís indicative informal present
- prohíbe indicative present singular
- prohibimos first-person indicative plural
- prohíben indicative plural present
- prohibía first-person imperfect indicative
- prohibías imperfect indicative second-person
- prohibíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- prohibíais imperfect indicative plural
- prohibían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prohibir?
- /pɾoiˈbiɾ/
- [pɾoi̯ˈβ̞iɾ]
- [pɾojˈβ̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prohibir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prohibir in Spanish?
prohibir appears 12 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).