urdir
Spanish, verb/uɾˈdiɾ/
urdir is spelled U-R-D-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 110,969th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urdir is a Spanish verb meaning “to scheme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Preparar los hilos en la urdidera para pasarlos al telar; disponer los hilos para tejer y empezar la trama”.
What does urdir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scheme
- 2
to conspire
- 3
to warp (textiles)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Preparar los hilos en la urdidera para pasarlos al telar; disponer los hilos para tejer y empezar la trama. 2. En sentido figurado, tramar algo, conspirar, maquinar; hacer lo necesario para crear una situación que sirva algún interés, generalmente egoísta. 3. Tejer en un telar chilote o quelgo.
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 urdir
- urdo first-person present singular
- urdí first-person preterite singular
- urdido participle past
- urdiendo gerund
- urdida feminine participle past
- urdidos masculine participle past
- urdidas feminine participle past
- urdes indicative informal present
- urdís indicative informal present
- urde indicative present singular
- urdimos first-person indicative plural
- urden indicative plural present
- urdía first-person imperfect indicative
- urdías imperfect indicative second-person
- urdíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- urdíais imperfect indicative plural
- urdían imperfect indicative plural
- urdiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urdir?
- /uɾˈdiɾ/
- [uɾˈð̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to urdir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is urdir in Spanish?
urdir appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).