acalambrar
Spanish, verb/akalamˈbɾaɾ/
acalambrar is spelled A-C-A-L-A-M-B-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish, the 335,022nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acalambrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cramp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Contraer espasmódicamente, involuntariamente y con dolor ciertos músculos”.
What does acalambrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Latin-Americato cramp
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Contraer espasmódicamente, involuntariamente y con dolor ciertos músculos. 2. Causar miedo. 3. Causar consternación. 4. Fastidiar con una conversación abrumadora.
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 acalambrar
- acalambro first-person present singular
- acalambré first-person preterite singular
- acalambrado participle past
- acalambrando gerund
- acalambrada feminine participle past
- acalambrados masculine participle past
- acalambradas feminine participle past
- acalambras indicative informal present
- acalambrás indicative informal present
- acalambra indicative present singular
- acalambramos first-person indicative plural
- acalambráis indicative plural present
- acalambran indicative plural present
- acalambraba first-person imperfect indicative
- acalambrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acalambrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acalambrabais imperfect indicative plural
- acalambraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acalambrar?
- /akalamˈbɾaɾ/
- [a.ka.lãmˈbɾaɾ]
- [akalãmˈbɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acalambrar in Spanish?
acalambrar appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).