vapulear
Spanish, verb/bapuleˈaɾ/
vapulear is spelled V-A-P-U-L-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 172,602nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vapulear is a Spanish verb meaning “to thrash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Golpear a alguno reiteradamente”.
What does vapulear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thrash
- 2
to beat up, beat
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Golpear a alguno reiteradamente. 2. Reprender a alguno con dureza. 3. Derrotar o vencer de forma estrepitosa.
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 vapulear
- vapuleo first-person present singular
- vapuleé first-person preterite singular
- vapuleado participle past
- vapuleando gerund
- vapuleada feminine participle past
- vapuleados masculine participle past
- vapuleadas feminine participle past
- vapuleas indicative informal present
- vapuleás indicative informal present
- vapulea indicative present singular
- vapuleamos first-person indicative plural
- vapuleáis indicative plural present
- vapulean indicative plural present
- vapuleaba first-person imperfect indicative
- vapuleabas imperfect indicative second-person
- vapuleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vapuleabais imperfect indicative plural
- vapuleaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vapulear?
- /bapuleˈaɾ/
- [ba.pu.leˈaɾ]
- [bapuleˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vapulear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vapulear in Spanish?
vapulear appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).