acostumbrar
Spanish, verb/akostumˈbɾaɾ/
acostumbrar is spelled A-C-O-S-T-U-M-B-R-A-R (11 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,480th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acostumbrar is a Spanish verb meaning “accustom, inure, familiarize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener costumbre de alguna cosa”.
What does acostumbrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
accustom, inure, familiarize
- 2
to use to (be in the habit of)
- 3
to get accustomed to
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener costumbre de alguna cosa.
verb: 1. Hacer adquirir costumbre de algo.
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 acostumbrar
- acostumbro first-person present singular
- acostumbré first-person preterite singular
- acostumbrado participle past
- acostumbrando gerund
- acostumbrada feminine participle past
- acostumbrados masculine participle past
- acostumbradas feminine participle past
- acostumbras indicative informal present
- acostumbrás indicative informal present
- acostumbra indicative present singular
- acostumbramos first-person indicative plural
- acostumbráis indicative plural present
- acostumbran indicative plural present
- acostumbraba first-person imperfect indicative
- acostumbrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acostumbrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acostumbrabais imperfect indicative plural
- acostumbraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acostumbrar?
- /akostumˈbɾaɾ/
- [a.kos.t̪ũmˈbɾaɾ]
- [akost̪ũmˈbɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acostumbrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acostumbrar in Spanish?
acostumbrar appears 1.0 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).