acuciar

Spanish

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *acutiāre, from Latin acūtus.

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /akuˈθjaɾ/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /akuˈsjaɾ/

Verb

acuciar (first-person singular present acucio, first-person singular preterite acucié, past participle acuciado)

  1. (transitive) to encourage or urge on

Conjugation
        Conjugation of acuciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive acuciar
    gerund acuciando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular acuciado acuciada
    plural acuciados acuciadas
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present acucio acuciastú
    acuciásvos    		 acucia acuciamos acuciáis acucian
    imperfect acuciaba acuciabas acuciaba acuciábamos acuciabais acuciaban
    preterite acucié acuciaste acució acuciamos acuciasteis acuciaron
    future acuciaré acuciarás acuciará acuciaremos acuciaréis acuciarán
    conditional acuciaría acuciarías acuciaría acuciaríamos acuciaríais acuciarían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present acucie acuciestú
    acuciésvos2    		 acucie acuciemos acuciéis acucien
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 acuciara acuciaras acuciara acuciáramos acuciarais acuciaran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 acuciase acuciases acuciase acuciásemos acuciaseis acuciasen
    future1 acuciare acuciares acuciare acuciáremos acuciareis acuciaren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative acuciatú
    acuciávos    		 acucie acuciemos acuciad acucien
    negative no acucies no acucie no acuciemos no acuciéis no acucien
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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