acosar
Spanish, verb/akoˈsaɾ/
acosar is spelled A-C-O-S-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,124th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acosar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pursue, harass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perseguir con insistencia y empeño”.
What does acosar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pursue, harass
- 2
to bully
- 3
to beset, beleaguer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Perseguir con insistencia y empeño. 2. Molestar, atosigar, hostigar, meterse con alguien.
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 acosar
- acoso first-person present singular
- acosé first-person preterite singular
- acosado participle past
- acosando gerund
- acosada feminine participle past
- acosados masculine participle past
- acosadas feminine participle past
- acosas indicative informal present
- acosás indicative informal present
- acosa indicative present singular
- acosamos first-person indicative plural
- acosáis indicative plural present
- acosan indicative plural present
- acosaba first-person imperfect indicative
- acosabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acosábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acosabais imperfect indicative plural
- acosaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acosar?
- /akoˈsaɾ/
- [a.koˈsaɾ]
- [akoˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acosar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acosar in Spanish?
acosar appears 1.5 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).