apercibir
Spanish, verb/apeɾθiˈbiɾ/
apercibir is spelled A-P-E-R-C-I-B-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish, the 268,459th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apercibir is a Spanish verb meaning “to notice, realize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prevenir, disponer, preparar lo necesario para alguna cosa”.
What does apercibir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to notice, realize
- 2
to point out
- 3
to warn
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prevenir, disponer, preparar lo necesario para alguna cosa. 2. Amonestar, advertir. 3. Hacer saber a la persona citada, emplazada o requerida, las consecuencias que se seguirán de determinados actos u omisiones suyas. 4. Utilizar el conocimiento adquirido de percepciones pasadas al reconocer y percibir 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 apercibir
- apercibo first-person present singular
- apercibí first-person preterite singular
- apercibido participle past
- apercibiendo gerund
- apercibida feminine participle past
- apercibidos masculine participle past
- apercibidas feminine participle past
- apercibes indicative informal present
- apercibís indicative informal present
- apercibe indicative present singular
- apercibimos first-person indicative plural
- aperciben indicative plural present
- apercibía first-person imperfect indicative
- apercibías imperfect indicative second-person
- apercibíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- apercibíais imperfect indicative plural
- apercibían imperfect indicative plural
- apercibiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apercibir?
- /apeɾθiˈbiɾ/
- [a.peɾ.θiˈβ̞iɾ]
- /apeɾsiˈbiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apercibir in Spanish?
apercibir appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).