acechar
Spanish, verb/aθeˈt͡ʃaɾ/
acechar is spelled A-C-E-C-H-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 73,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acechar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lurk, to lie in wait for, waylay, watch out for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mirar, atisbar, observar con cuidado alguna cosa procurando no ser visto”.
What does acechar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lurk, to lie in wait for, waylay, watch out for
- 2
to spy, stalk
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mirar, atisbar, observar con cuidado alguna cosa procurando no ser visto.
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 acechar
- acecho first-person present singular
- aceché first-person preterite singular
- acechado participle past
- acechando gerund
- acechada feminine participle past
- acechados masculine participle past
- acechadas feminine participle past
- acechas indicative informal present
- acechás indicative informal present
- acecha indicative present singular
- acechamos first-person indicative plural
- acecháis indicative plural present
- acechan indicative plural present
- acechaba first-person imperfect indicative
- acechabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acechábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acechabais imperfect indicative plural
- acechaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acechar?
- /aθeˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [a.θeˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- /aseˈt͡ʃaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acechar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acechar in Spanish?
acechar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).