castigar
Portuguese, verb/kas.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/
castigar is spelled C-A-S-T-I-G-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castigar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to punish, to castigate (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aplicar castigo a”.
What does castigar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to punish, to castigate (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aplicar castigo a 2. punir 3. repreender 4. emendar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of castigar
- castigo first-person present singular
- castiguei first-person preterite singular
- castigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- castigares infinitive second-person singular
- castigarmos first-person infinitive plural
- castigardes infinitive plural second-person
- castigarem infinitive plural third-person
- castigando gerund
- castigados masculine participle past
- castigada feminine participle past
- castigadas feminine participle past
- castigas indicative present second-person
- castiga indicative present singular
- castigamos first-person indicative plural
- castigais indicative plural present
- castigam indicative plural present
- castigava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castigar?
- Brazil /kas.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kas.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]
- /kas.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to castigar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is castigar in Portuguese?
castigar appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).