atacar
Spanish, verb/ataˈkaɾ/
atacar is spelled A-T-A-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,239th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atacar is a Spanish verb meaning “to attack, to come at” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lanzarse impetuosamente hacia algún sitio”.
What does atacar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to attack, to come at
- 2
to engage (enter into conflicted with)
- 3
to assail
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Lanzarse impetuosamente hacia algún sitio. 2. Combatir contra una persona, animal o una idea. 3. Resultar dañino. 4. Afectar una sustancia a otra.
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 atacar
- ataco first-person present singular
- ataqué first-person preterite singular
- atacado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- atacando gerund
- atacada feminine participle past
- atacados masculine participle past
- atacadas feminine participle past
- atacas indicative informal present
- atacás indicative informal present
- ataca indicative present singular
- atacamos first-person indicative plural
- atacáis indicative plural present
- atacan indicative plural present
- atacaba first-person imperfect indicative
- atacabas imperfect indicative second-person
- atacábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- atacabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atacar?
- /ataˈkaɾ/
- [a.t̪aˈkaɾ]
- [at̪aˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atacar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atacar in Spanish?
atacar appears 25 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).