exacerbar
Spanish, verb/eɡsaθeɾˈbaɾ/
exacerbar is spelled E-X-A-C-E-R-B-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exacerbar is a Spanish verb meaning “to exacerbate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar ira, causar muy grave enfado o enojo”.
What does exacerbar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exacerbate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar ira, causar muy grave enfado o enojo. 2. Agravar o avivar una enfermedad, una molestia, una emoción, una obsesión, etc. 3. Aumentar la intensidad de algo, especialmente en la manera de describirlo o de percibirlo.
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 exacerbar
- exacerbo first-person present singular
- exacerbé first-person preterite singular
- exacerbado participle past
- exacerbando gerund
- exacerbada feminine participle past
- exacerbados masculine participle past
- exacerbadas feminine participle past
- exacerbas indicative informal present
- exacerbás indicative informal present
- exacerba indicative present singular
- exacerbamos first-person indicative plural
- exacerbáis indicative plural present
- exacerban indicative plural present
- exacerbaba first-person imperfect indicative
- exacerbabas imperfect indicative second-person
- exacerbábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- exacerbabais imperfect indicative plural
- exacerbaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exacerbar?
- /eɡsaθeɾˈbaɾ/
- [eɣ̞.sa.θeɾˈβ̞aɾ]
- /eɡsaseɾˈbaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exacerbar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exacerbar in Spanish?
exacerbar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).