sobornar
Spanish, verb/soboɾˈnaɾ/
sobornar is spelled S-O-B-O-R-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,880th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobornar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bribe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Entregar regalos o dinero a alguien para obtener a cambio favores objetables”.
What does sobornar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bribe
- 2
to suborn
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entregar regalos o dinero a alguien para obtener a cambio favores objetables. 2. Dar dinero a una autoridad (policía, juez) con la finalidad de evadir una sanción penal por una falta o delito cometido.
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 sobornar
- soborno first-person present singular
- soborné first-person preterite singular
- sobornado participle past
- sobornando gerund
- sobornada feminine participle past
- sobornados masculine participle past
- sobornadas feminine participle past
- sobornas indicative informal present
- sobornás indicative informal present
- soborna indicative present singular
- sobornamos first-person indicative plural
- sobornáis indicative plural present
- sobornan indicative plural present
- sobornaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sobornabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sobornábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sobornabais imperfect indicative plural
- sobornaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobornar?
- /soboɾˈnaɾ/
- [so.β̞oɾˈnaɾ]
- [soβ̞oɾˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sobornar in Spanish?
sobornar appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).