atrever
Spanish, verb/atɾeˈbeɾ/
atrever is a Spanish verb meaning “to dare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mostrar insolencia o irrespeto”.
What does atrever mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto embolden
- 2
to dare
No te atrevas a mentirme.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mostrar insolencia o irrespeto. 2. Mostrar disposición a poner en obra una acción de riesgo. 3. Infinitivo de atreverse (verbo pronominal).
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 atrever
- atrevo first-person present singular
- atreví first-person preterite singular
- atrevido participle past
- atreviendo gerund
- atrevida feminine participle past
- atrevidos masculine participle past
- atrevidas feminine participle past
- atreves indicative informal present
- atrevés indicative informal present
- atreve indicative present singular
- atrevemos first-person indicative plural
- atrevéis indicative plural present
- atreven indicative plural present
- atrevía first-person imperfect indicative
- atrevías imperfect indicative second-person
- atrevíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- atrevíais imperfect indicative plural
- atrevían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atrever?
- /atɾeˈbeɾ/
- [a.t̪ɾeˈβ̞eɾ]
- [at̪ɾeˈβ̞eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is atrever in Spanish?
atrever appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).