apresurar
Spanish, verb/apɾesuˈɾaɾ/
apresurar is spelled A-P-R-E-S-U-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apresurar is a Spanish verb meaning “to quicken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Motivar instigar a hacer o moverse o avanzar más rápido”.
What does apresurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to quicken
- 2
to rush, to hasten
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Motivar instigar a hacer o moverse o avanzar más rápido. 2. Acelerar.
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 apresurar
- apresuro first-person present singular
- apresuré first-person preterite singular
- apresurado participle past
- apresurando gerund
- apresurada feminine participle past
- apresurados masculine participle past
- apresuradas feminine participle past
- apresuras indicative informal present
- apresurás indicative informal present
- apresura indicative present singular
- apresuramos first-person indicative plural
- apresuráis indicative plural present
- apresuran indicative plural present
- apresuraba first-person imperfect indicative
- apresurabas imperfect indicative second-person
- apresurábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- apresurabais imperfect indicative plural
- apresuraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apresurar?
- /apɾesuˈɾaɾ/
- [a.pɾe.suˈɾaɾ]
- [apɾesuˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apresurar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apresurar in Spanish?
apresurar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).