acurrucar
Spanish, verb/akuruˈkaɾ/
acurrucar is spelled A-C-U-R-R-U-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish, the 224,790th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acurrucar is a Spanish verb meaning “to huddle, to curl up (because of the cold)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Envolver o abrazar a alguien para protegerlo del frío”.
What does acurrucar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to huddle, to curl up (because of the cold)
- 2
to snuggle, to spoon
Los dos se acurrucaron en la cama.
- 3
colloquialto make somebody squat
Los acurruqué para que se estuvieran quietos.
- 4
colloquialto squat
Se acurrucó para esperarlo.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Envolver o abrazar a alguien para protegerlo del frío. 2. Por extensión, apresar y abrazar a alguien, y llevarlo contra una pared.
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 acurrucar
- acurruco first-person present singular
- acurruqué first-person preterite singular
- acurrucado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- acurrucando gerund
- acurrucada feminine participle past
- acurrucados masculine participle past
- acurrucadas feminine participle past
- acurrucas indicative informal present
- acurrucás indicative informal present
- acurruca indicative present singular
- acurrucamos first-person indicative plural
- acurrucáis indicative plural present
- acurrucan indicative plural present
- acurrucaba first-person imperfect indicative
- acurrucabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acurrucábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acurrucabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acurrucar?
- /akuruˈkaɾ/
- [a.ku.ruˈkaɾ]
- [akuruˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acurrucar in Spanish?
acurrucar appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).