acometer
Spanish, verb/akomeˈteɾ/
acometer is spelled A-C-O-M-E-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,789th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acometer is a Spanish verb meaning “to assail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Atacar de forma violenta, embestir con ímpetu”.
What does acometer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to assail
- 2
to overtake
- 3
to undertake (a task, a project, an enterprise)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Atacar de forma violenta, embestir con ímpetu. 2. Emprender, intentar. 3. Empezarle a alguien repentinamente determinado estado físico o moral.
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 acometer
- acometo first-person present singular
- acometí first-person preterite singular
- acometido participle past
- acometiendo gerund
- acometida feminine participle past
- acometidos masculine participle past
- acometidas feminine participle past
- acometes indicative informal present
- acometés indicative informal present
- acomete indicative present singular
- acometemos first-person indicative plural
- acometéis indicative plural present
- acometen indicative plural present
- acometía first-person imperfect indicative
- acometías imperfect indicative second-person
- acometíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acometíais imperfect indicative plural
- acometían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acometer?
- /akomeˈteɾ/
- [a.ko.meˈt̪eɾ]
- Spain [akomeˈt̪eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acometer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acometer in Spanish?
acometer appears 1.2 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).