arreciar
Spanish, verb/areˈθjaɾ/
arreciar is spelled A-R-R-E-C-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arreciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to intensify (get stronger, worse, more severe etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fortalecer algo, darle fuerzas”.
What does arreciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intensify (get stronger, worse, more severe etc.)
El viento arrecia.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fortalecer algo, darle fuerzas.
verb: 1. Hacerse cada vez más recia, fuerte o violenta una cosa.
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 arreciar
- arrecio first-person present singular
- arrecié first-person preterite singular
- arreciado participle past
- arreciando gerund
- arreciada feminine participle past
- arreciados masculine participle past
- arreciadas feminine participle past
- arrecias indicative informal present
- arreciás indicative informal present
- arrecia indicative present singular
- arreciamos first-person indicative plural
- arreciáis indicative plural present
- arrecian indicative plural present
- arreciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- arreciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- arreciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- arreciabais imperfect indicative plural
- arreciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arreciar?
- /areˈθjaɾ/
- [a.reˈθjaɾ]
- /areˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arreciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arreciar in Spanish?
arreciar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).