acogerse
Spanish, verb[akoˈxeɾse]
acogerse is spelled A-C-O-G-E-R-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,450th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acogerse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of acoger combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Refugiarse, retirarse, tomar amparo”.
What does acogerse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of acoger combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Refugiarse, retirarse, tomar amparo. 2. Valerse de algún pretexto para disfrazar o disimular alguna cosa. 3. Tratándose de noticias, doctrinas, opiniones, etc., darles crédito, admitirlas como ciertas o como buenas. 4. Conformarse con la voluntad o dictamen de otro.
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 acogerse
- haberse acogido impersonal infinitive
- acogiéndose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose acogido impersonal gerund
- acogido impersonal participle
- me acojo first-person singular indicative
- te acoges second-person singular indicative
- te acogés second-person singular vos-form
- se acoge third-person singular indicative
- nos acogemos first-person plural indicative
- os acogéis second-person plural indicative
- se acogen third-person plural indicative
- me acogía first-person singular indicative
- te acogías second-person singular indicative
- se acogía third-person singular indicative
- nos acogíamos first-person plural indicative
- os acogíais second-person plural indicative
- se acogían third-person plural indicative
- me acogí first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acogerse?
- [akoˈxeɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acogerse in Spanish?
acogerse appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).