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acatarrar

Spanish, verb/akataˈraɾ/

acatarrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cause to have a cold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar un resfriado o congestión nasal”.

What does acatarrar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to cause to have a cold

  2. 2

    to catch cold

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Causar un resfriado o congestión nasal. 2. Molestar, fastidiar.

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 acatarrar

  • acatarro first-person present singular
  • acatarré first-person preterite singular
  • acatarrado participle past
  • acatarrando gerund
  • acatarrada feminine participle past
  • acatarrados masculine participle past
  • acatarradas feminine participle past
  • acatarras indicative informal present
  • acatarrás indicative informal present
  • acatarra indicative present singular
  • acatarramos first-person indicative plural
  • acatarráis indicative plural present
  • acatarran indicative plural present
  • acatarraba first-person imperfect indicative
  • acatarrabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • acatarrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • acatarrabais imperfect indicative plural
  • acatarraban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce acatarrar?

  • /akataˈraɾ/
  • [a.ka.t̪aˈraɾ]
  • [akat̪aˈraɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.