refugiar
Spanish, verb/refuˈxjaɾ/
refugiar is spelled R-E-F-U-G-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 90,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refugiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shelter, to provide shelter for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar cobijo, resguardo, asilo o protección a alguien, en particular si tiene algún peligro, amenaza o…”.
What does refugiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shelter, to provide shelter for
- 2
to take shelter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar cobijo, resguardo, asilo o protección a alguien, en particular si tiene algún peligro, amenaza o adversidad.
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 refugiar
- refugio first-person present singular
- refugié first-person preterite singular
- refugiado participle past
- refugiando gerund
- refugiada feminine participle past
- refugiados masculine participle past
- refugiadas feminine participle past
- refugias indicative informal present
- refugiás indicative informal present
- refugia indicative present singular
- refugiamos first-person indicative plural
- refugiáis indicative plural present
- refugian indicative plural present
- refugiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- refugiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- refugiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- refugiabais imperfect indicative plural
- refugiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refugiar?
- /refuˈxjaɾ/
- [re.fuˈxjaɾ]
- [refuˈxjaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is refugiar in Spanish?
refugiar 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).