ensuciar
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ensuˈθjaɾ/ [ẽn.suˈθjaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /ensuˈsjaɾ/ [ẽn.suˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧su‧ciar
Verb
[edit]ensuciar (first-person singular present ensucio, first-person singular preterite ensucié, past participle ensuciado)
- to dirty, soil, to stain
- Synonym: manchar
- to foul, to defile
- Synonyms: contaminar, profanar
- to sully, to smear, to besmirch, to blacken, to tarnish (a person's name, reputation or memory)
- to mess, to make a mess, to mess up, to mess with
- Synonyms: estropear, meterse con, hacer un lío
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ensuciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of ensuciar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
[edit]- “ensuciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Categories:
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ar
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁én
- Spanish terms prefixed with en-
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish verbs ending in -ar