soterrar
Spanish, verb/soteˈraɾ/
soterrar is spelled S-O-T-E-R-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soterrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bury underground, inter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner bajo tierra”.
What does soterrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bury underground, inter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner bajo tierra. 2. Hacer desaparecer de la vista, poner algo donde no se lo vea, disimular un problema. 3. Olvidar algo completamente.
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 soterrar
- sotierro first-person present singular
- soterro first-person present singular
- soterré first-person preterite singular
- soterrado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- soterrando gerund
- soterrada feminine participle past
- soterrados masculine participle past
- soterradas feminine participle past
- sotierras indicative present second-person
- soterras indicative informal present
- soterrás indicative informal present
- sotierra indicative present singular
- soterra indicative present singular
- soterramos first-person indicative plural
- soterráis indicative plural present
- sotierran indicative plural present
- soterran indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soterrar?
- /soteˈraɾ/
- [so.t̪eˈraɾ]
- [sot̪eˈraɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soterrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soterrar in Spanish?
soterrar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).