acribillar
Spanish, verb/akɾibiˈʝaɾ/
acribillar is spelled A-C-R-I-B-I-L-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 125,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acribillar is a Spanish verb meaning “to riddle, pepper (with holes, bullets etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ocasionar muchos agujeros, heridas o picotazos a una persona o animal”.
What does acribillar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to riddle, pepper (with holes, bullets etc.)
- 2
to pester, badger
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ocasionar muchos agujeros, heridas o picotazos a una persona o animal 2. Hacer muchos agujeros o perforaciones en algo 3. Apremiar, molestar a alguien de forma repetida
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 acribillar
- acribillo first-person present singular
- acribillé first-person preterite singular
- acribillado participle past
- acribillando gerund
- acribillada feminine participle past
- acribillados masculine participle past
- acribilladas feminine participle past
- acribillas indicative informal present
- acribillás indicative informal present
- acribilla indicative present singular
- acribillamos first-person indicative plural
- acribilláis indicative plural present
- acribillan indicative plural present
- acribillaba first-person imperfect indicative
- acribillabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acribillábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acribillabais imperfect indicative plural
- acribillaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acribillar?
- /akɾibiˈʝaɾ/
- [a.kɾi.β̞iˈʝaɾ]
- [akɾiβ̞iˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acribillar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acribillar in Spanish?
acribillar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).