proscribir
Spanish, verb/pɾoskɾiˈbiɾ/
proscribir is spelled P-R-O-S-C-R-I-B-I-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 92,762nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proscribir is a Spanish verb meaning “to ban” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Echar a alguien del territorio de su patria, comúnmente por causas políticas”.
What does proscribir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ban
- 2
to exile
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Echar a alguien del territorio de su patria, comúnmente por causas políticas. 2. Prohibir el uso de una cosa o la práctica de una costumbre. 3. Declarar a alguien como malhechor público, dando facultad a cualquiera para que le quite la vida, y a veces ofreciendo premio a quien lo entregue vivo o muerto.
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 proscribir
- proscribo first-person present singular
- proscribí first-person preterite singular
- proscrito participle past
- proscripto Argentina Uruguay participle
- proscribiendo gerund
- proscrita feminine participle past
- proscripta Argentina Uruguay feminine
- proscritos masculine participle past
- proscriptos Argentina Uruguay masculine
- proscritas feminine participle past
- proscriptas Argentina Uruguay feminine
- proscribes indicative informal present
- proscribís indicative informal present
- proscribe indicative present singular
- proscribimos first-person indicative plural
- proscriben indicative plural present
- proscribía first-person imperfect indicative
- proscribías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proscribir?
- /pɾoskɾiˈbiɾ/
- [pɾos.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
- [pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proscribir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proscribir in Spanish?
proscribir appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).