adquirir
Spanish, verb/adkiˈɾiɾ/
adquirir is spelled A-D-Q-U-I-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,314th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adquirir is a Spanish verb meaning “to acquire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conseguir algo por medios propios, a través del propio trabajo, presupuesto o ingenio”.
What does adquirir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to acquire
- 2
to buy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Conseguir algo por medios propios, a través del propio trabajo, presupuesto o ingenio. 2. Obtener algo a cambio de dinero. 3. Tomar o hacer propio un derecho o un bien.
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 adquirir
- adquiero first-person present singular
- adquirí first-person preterite singular
- adquirido participle past
- i-ie alternation
- adquiriendo gerund
- adquirida feminine participle past
- adquiridos masculine participle past
- adquiridas feminine participle past
- adquieres indicative informal present
- adquirís indicative informal present
- adquiere indicative present singular
- adquirimos first-person indicative plural
- adquieren indicative plural present
- adquiría first-person imperfect indicative
- adquirías imperfect indicative second-person
- adquiríamos first-person imperfect indicative
- adquiríais imperfect indicative plural
- adquirían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adquirir?
- /adkiˈɾiɾ/
- [að̞.kiˈɾiɾ]
- [að̞kiˈɾiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adquirir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adquirir in Spanish?
adquirir appears 18 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).