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percutir

Spanish, verb/peɾkuˈtiɾ/

percutir is spelled P-E-R-C-U-T-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish, the 176,328th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Percutir is a Spanish verb meaning “to strike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Chocar con fuerza contra un objeto”.

What does percutir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to strike

  2. 2

    to tap

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Chocar con fuerza contra un objeto. 2. Dar el médico golpecitos repetidos en la espalda y pecho del paciente, para auscultarlo.

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 percutir

  • percuto first-person present singular
  • percutí first-person preterite singular
  • percutido participle past
  • percutiendo gerund
  • percutida feminine participle past
  • percutidos masculine participle past
  • percutidas feminine participle past
  • percutes indicative informal present
  • percutís indicative informal present
  • percute indicative present singular
  • percutimos first-person indicative plural
  • percuten indicative plural present
  • percutía first-person imperfect indicative
  • percutías imperfect indicative second-person
  • percutíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • percutíais imperfect indicative plural
  • percutían imperfect indicative plural
  • percutiste indicative preterite second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce percutir?

  • /peɾkuˈtiɾ/
  • [peɾ.kuˈt̪iɾ]
  • [peɾkuˈt̪iɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is percutir in Spanish?

percutir appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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