acender
Spanish, verb/aθenˈdeɾ/
acender is spelled A-C-E-N-D-E-R (7 letters). Acender is a Spanish verb meaning “to light, ignite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Iniciar un fuego”.
What does acender mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto light, ignite
- 2
archaicto turn on
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Iniciar un fuego.
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 acender
- aciendo first-person present singular
- acendí first-person preterite singular
- acendido participle past
- e-ie alternation
- acendiendo gerund
- acendida feminine participle past
- acendidos masculine participle past
- acendidas feminine participle past
- aciendes indicative informal present
- acendés indicative informal present
- aciende indicative present singular
- acendemos first-person indicative plural
- acendéis indicative plural present
- acienden indicative plural present
- acendía first-person imperfect indicative
- acendías imperfect indicative second-person
- acendíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acendíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acender?
- /aθenˈdeɾ/
- [a.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- /asenˈdeɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.