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reprender

Spanish, verb/repɾenˈdeɾ/

reprender is spelled R-E-P-R-E-N-D-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 64,424th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reprender is a Spanish verb meaning “to reprimand, to berate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Corregir, desaprobar a alguien por el error que cometió”.

What does reprender mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to reprimand, to berate

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Corregir, desaprobar a alguien por el error que cometió.

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 reprender

  • reprendo first-person present singular
  • reprendí first-person preterite singular
  • reprendido participle past
  • reprendiendo gerund
  • reprendida feminine participle past
  • reprendidos masculine participle past
  • reprendidas feminine participle past
  • reprendes indicative informal present
  • reprendés indicative informal present
  • reprende indicative present singular
  • reprendemos first-person indicative plural
  • reprendéis indicative plural present
  • reprenden indicative plural present
  • reprendía first-person imperfect indicative
  • reprendías imperfect indicative second-person
  • reprendíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • reprendíais imperfect indicative plural
  • reprendían imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce reprender?

  • /repɾenˈdeɾ/
  • [re.pɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
  • [repɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to reprender

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is reprender in Spanish?

reprender appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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