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aceitar

Spanish, verb/aθeiˈtaɾ/

aceitar is spelled A-C-E-I-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 132,280th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aceitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to oil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aplicar aceite a algo”.

What does aceitar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to oil

  2. 2

    Latin-Americato bribe

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Aplicar aceite a algo.

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 aceitar

  • aceito first-person present singular
  • aceité first-person preterite singular
  • aceitado participle past
  • aceitando gerund
  • aceitada feminine participle past
  • aceitados masculine participle past
  • aceitadas feminine participle past
  • aceitas indicative informal present
  • aceitás indicative informal present
  • aceita indicative present singular
  • aceitamos first-person indicative plural
  • aceitáis indicative plural present
  • aceitan indicative plural present
  • aceitaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • aceitabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • aceitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • aceitabais imperfect indicative plural
  • aceitaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce aceitar?

  • /aθeiˈtaɾ/
  • [a.θei̯ˈt̪aɾ]
  • /aseiˈtaɾ/

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

English words that translate to aceitar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is aceitar in Spanish?

aceitar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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