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perjudicar

Spanish, verb/peɾxudiˈkaɾ/

perjudicar is a Spanish verb meaning “(not in a physical sense) to damage, harm, make worse, jeopardize, prejudice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Afectar de manera negativa, causar daño, ocasionar detrimento o percance”.

What does perjudicar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    (not in a physical sense) to damage, harm, make worse, jeopardize, prejudice

    Near-synonyms: (harm) dañar, herir, lastimar

  2. 2

    Latin-Americato malign, defame

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Afectar de manera negativa, causar daño, ocasionar detrimento o percance.

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 perjudicar

  • perjudico first-person present singular
  • perjudiqué first-person preterite singular
  • perjudicado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • perjudicando gerund
  • perjudicada feminine participle past
  • perjudicados masculine participle past
  • perjudicadas feminine participle past
  • perjudicas indicative informal present
  • perjudicás indicative informal present
  • perjudica indicative present singular
  • perjudicamos first-person indicative plural
  • perjudicáis indicative plural present
  • perjudican indicative plural present
  • perjudicaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • perjudicabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • perjudicábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • perjudicabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce perjudicar?

  • /peɾxudiˈkaɾ/
  • [peɾ.xu.ð̞iˈkaɾ]
  • [peɾxuð̞iˈkaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to perjudicar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is perjudicar in Spanish?

perjudicar appears 4.4 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).