usurpar
Spanish, verb/usuɾˈpaɾ/
usurpar is spelled U-S-U-R-P-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 44,034th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Usurpar is a Spanish verb meaning “to usurp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apoderarse de una propiedad o de un derecho que pertenece a otro de una forma violenta”.
What does usurpar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to usurp
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apoderarse de una propiedad o de un derecho que pertenece a otro de una forma violenta.
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 usurpar
- usurpo first-person present singular
- usurpé first-person preterite singular
- usurpado participle past
- usurpando gerund
- usurpada feminine participle past
- usurpados masculine participle past
- usurpadas feminine participle past
- usurpas indicative informal present
- usurpás indicative informal present
- usurpa indicative present singular
- usurpamos first-person indicative plural
- usurpáis indicative plural present
- usurpan indicative plural present
- usurpaba first-person imperfect indicative
- usurpabas imperfect indicative second-person
- usurpábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- usurpabais imperfect indicative plural
- usurpaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce usurpar?
- /usuɾˈpaɾ/
- [u.suɾˈpaɾ]
- [usuɾˈpaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to usurpar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is usurpar in Spanish?
usurpar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).