sitiar
Spanish, verb/siˈtjaɾ/
sitiar is spelled S-I-T-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sitiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to besiege” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cercar una plaza o fortaleza para combatirla y apoderarse de ella”.
What does sitiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to besiege
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cercar una plaza o fortaleza para combatirla y apoderarse de ella. 2. Cercar a uno tomándole y cerrándole todas las salidas para cogerle.
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 sitiar
- sitio first-person present singular
- sitié first-person preterite singular
- sitiado participle past
- sitiando gerund
- sitiada feminine participle past
- sitiados masculine participle past
- sitiadas feminine participle past
- sitias indicative informal present
- sitiás indicative informal present
- sitia indicative present singular
- sitiamos first-person indicative plural
- sitiáis indicative plural present
- sitian indicative plural present
- sitiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sitiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sitiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sitiabais imperfect indicative plural
- sitiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sitiar?
- /siˈtjaɾ/
- [siˈt̪jaɾ]
- [sit̪iˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sitiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sitiar in Spanish?
sitiar 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).