acertar
Spanish, verb/aθeɾˈtaɾ/
acertar is spelled A-C-E-R-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acertar is a Spanish verb meaning “to hit, to hit upon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar en el lugar, sitio o punto propuesto o previsto”.
What does acertar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hit, to hit upon
La bala acertó al policía en la pierna.
- 2
to be right
¿Cuántas preguntas acertaste? –Ninguna.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar en el lugar, sitio o punto propuesto o previsto. 2. Encontrar, dar con algo o alguien 3. Hallar lo cierto o lo adecuado en lo dudoso u oculto. 4. Encontrar el medio correcto o apropiado para alcanzar un objetivo.
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 acertar
- acierto first-person present singular
- acerté first-person preterite singular
- acertado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- acertando gerund
- acertada feminine participle past
- acertados masculine participle past
- acertadas feminine participle past
- aciertas indicative informal present
- acertás indicative informal present
- acierta indicative present singular
- acertamos first-person indicative plural
- acertáis indicative plural present
- aciertan indicative plural present
- acertaba first-person imperfect indicative
- acertabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acertábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acertabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acertar?
- /aθeɾˈtaɾ/
- [a.θeɾˈt̪aɾ]
- /aseɾˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acertar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acertar in Spanish?
acertar appears 1.7 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).