acogotar
Spanish, verb/akoɡoˈtaɾ/
acogotar is spelled A-C-O-G-O-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Spanish, the 246,963rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acogotar is a Spanish verb meaning “to kill, injure, or knock down with a blow to the back of the neck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Agarrar por el cogote a alguien para controlarlo o derribarlo”.
What does acogotar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kill, injure, or knock down with a blow to the back of the neck
- 2
to harass, to put through an ordeal, to run ragged
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Agarrar por el cogote a alguien para controlarlo o derribarlo. 2. Matar golpeando o hiriendo en el cogote. 3. Atemorizar y dominar a una o más personas. 4. Oprimir el cuello de alguien provocándole asfixia.
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 acogotar
- acogoto first-person present singular
- acogoté first-person preterite singular
- acogotado participle past
- acogotando gerund
- acogotada feminine participle past
- acogotados masculine participle past
- acogotadas feminine participle past
- acogotas indicative informal present
- acogotás indicative informal present
- acogota indicative present singular
- acogotamos first-person indicative plural
- acogotáis indicative plural present
- acogotan indicative plural present
- acogotaba first-person imperfect indicative
- acogotabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acogotábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acogotabais imperfect indicative plural
- acogotaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acogotar?
- /akoɡoˈtaɾ/
- [a.ko.ɣ̞oˈt̪aɾ]
- [akoɣ̞oˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acogotar in Spanish?
acogotar appears about once in every 49 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).