acojonar
Spanish, verb/akoxoˈnaɾ/
acojonar is spelled A-C-O-J-O-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acojonar is a Spanish verb meaning “to scare the shit out of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar miedo o espanto”.
What does acojonar mean in English?
verb
- 1
vulgarto scare the shit out of
- 2
colloquialvulgarto shit oneself, to crap one's pants (lose one's bravery)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar miedo o espanto. 2. Provocar gran impresión o asombro.
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 acojonar
- acojono first-person present singular
- acojoné first-person preterite singular
- acojonado participle past
- acojonando gerund
- acojonada feminine participle past
- acojonados masculine participle past
- acojonadas feminine participle past
- acojonas indicative informal present
- acojonás indicative informal present
- acojona indicative present singular
- acojonamos first-person indicative plural
- acojonáis indicative plural present
- acojonan indicative plural present
- acojonaba first-person imperfect indicative
- acojonabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acojonábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acojonabais imperfect indicative plural
- acojonaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acojonar?
- /akoxoˈnaɾ/
- [a.ko.xoˈnaɾ]
- [akoxoˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acojonar in Spanish?
acojonar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).