prostituir

/[pɾost̪iˈt̪wiɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#74,847

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

prostituir is aSpanishverb. It means: Inducir a que otra persona venda su cuerpo, sexualmente, por dinero. Pronounced [pɾost̪iˈt̪wiɾ].

Key facts for prostituir
PropertyValue
Headwordprostituir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾost̪iˈt̪wiɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#74,847
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of prostituir in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for prostituir is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾost̪iˈt̪wiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,847 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for prostituir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is prostituir, spelled P-R-O-S-T-I-T-U-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inducir a que otra persona venda su cuerpo, sexualmente, por dinero.
  2. 2
    Deshonrar o envilecer algo o alguien abusando bajamente de ellos para beneficiarse a sí mismo.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, convertir una cosa extraordinaria en algo trivial.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #74,847 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prostituir"?
"prostituir" is spelled P-R-O-S-T-I-T-U-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾost̪iˈt̪wiɾ].
What does "prostituir" mean?
As a verb, "prostituir" means: Inducir a que otra persona venda su cuerpo, sexualmente, por dinero.
How do you pronounce "prostituir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prostituir" is [pɾost̪iˈt̪wiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prostituir" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.