acaparar
Spanish, verb/akapaˈɾaɾ/
acaparar is spelled A-C-A-P-A-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,860th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acaparar is a Spanish verb meaning “to hoard, hog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reunir posesiones o poder”.
What does acaparar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hoard, hog
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reunir posesiones o poder. 2. Esconder bienes con el objeto de disminuir su disponibilidad y obtener ganancias más tarde al venderlos.
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 acaparar
- acaparo first-person present singular
- acaparé first-person preterite singular
- acaparado participle past
- acaparando gerund
- acaparada feminine participle past
- acaparados masculine participle past
- acaparadas feminine participle past
- acaparas indicative informal present
- acaparás indicative informal present
- acapara indicative present singular
- acaparamos first-person indicative plural
- acaparáis indicative plural present
- acaparan indicative plural present
- acaparaba first-person imperfect indicative
- acaparabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acaparábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acaparabais imperfect indicative plural
- acaparaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acaparar?
- /akapaˈɾaɾ/
- [a.ka.paˈɾaɾ]
- [akapaˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acaparar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acaparar in Spanish?
acaparar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).