achicar
Spanish, verb/at͡ʃiˈkaɾ/
achicar is spelled A-C-H-I-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achicar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make smaller, reduce, minimize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer más pequeño”.
What does achicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make smaller, reduce, minimize
- 2
to humiliate, make someone feel small
- 3
to bale out (a boat)
- 4
to get smaller, shrink
- 5
to eat humble pie
- 6
to clear
achicar la pelota
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer más pequeño. 2. Expulsar o sacar el agua del interior de una embarcación. 3. Descorazonar, reducir el orgullo, humillar. 4. Dicho de un arquero o de un defensor: aproximarse al atacante que tiene la pelota para cerrarle el ángulo de tiro.
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 achicar
- achico first-person present singular
- achiqué first-person preterite singular
- achicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- achicando gerund
- achicada feminine participle past
- achicados masculine participle past
- achicadas feminine participle past
- achicas indicative informal present
- achicás indicative informal present
- achica indicative present singular
- achicamos first-person indicative plural
- achicáis indicative plural present
- achican indicative plural present
- achicaba first-person imperfect indicative
- achicabas imperfect indicative second-person
- achicábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- achicabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achicar?
- /at͡ʃiˈkaɾ/
- [a.t͡ʃiˈkaɾ]
- [at͡ʃiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to achicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is achicar in Spanish?
achicar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).