acercar
Spanish, verb/aθeɾˈkaɾ/
acercar is spelled A-C-E-R-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,026th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acercar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bring close” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner más cerca o menos lejos”.
What does acercar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring close
- 2
to zoom in
acercar y alejar el mapa
- 3
to approach, to get close, to come
Se acerca el invierno.
- 4
to draw near, to gather around
acercarse más
- 5
to become close
- 6
to get close to, to come up to, to draw near to, to walk up to, to go over to (+a)
- 7
to reach out to (+a)
- 8
to close in on (+a)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner más cerca o menos lejos. 2. Llevar a una persona, generalmente en el automóvil, a un lugar que le queda en el camino a quien lo lleva. 3. Entregarle alguien a uno un objeto que tiene más próximo. 4. Poner una cosa junto a otra.
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 acercar
- acerco first-person present singular
- acerqué first-person preterite singular
- acercado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- acercando gerund
- acercada feminine participle past
- acercados masculine participle past
- acercadas feminine participle past
- acercas indicative informal present
- acercás indicative informal present
- acerca indicative present singular
- acercamos first-person indicative plural
- acercáis indicative plural present
- acercan indicative plural present
- acercaba first-person imperfect indicative
- acercabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acercábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acercabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acercar?
- /aθeɾˈkaɾ/
- [a.θeɾˈkaɾ]
- /aseɾˈkaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acercar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acercar in Spanish?
acercar appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).