azuzar
Spanish, verb/aθuˈθaɾ/
azuzar is spelled A-Z-U-Z-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Azuzar is a Spanish verb meaning “to work up, egg on, provoke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Incitar a un perro a que ladre o ataque”.
What does azuzar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to work up, egg on, provoke
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Incitar a un perro a que ladre o ataque. 2. Irritar, estimular.
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 azuzar
- azuzo first-person present singular
- azucé first-person preterite singular
- azuzado participle past
- c-z alternation
- azuzando gerund
- azuzada feminine participle past
- azuzados masculine participle past
- azuzadas feminine participle past
- azuzas indicative informal present
- azuzás indicative informal present
- azuza indicative present singular
- azuzamos first-person indicative plural
- azuzáis indicative plural present
- azuzan indicative plural present
- azuzaba first-person imperfect indicative
- azuzabas imperfect indicative second-person
- azuzábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- azuzabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce azuzar?
- /aθuˈθaɾ/
- [a.θuˈθaɾ]
- /asuˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to azuzar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is azuzar in Spanish?
azuzar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).