sacudir
Spanish, verb/sakuˈdiɾ/
sacudir is spelled S-A-C-U-D-I-R (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,332nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sacudir is a Spanish verb meaning “to shake off, dust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover de lado a lado rápida y repetidamente, con cierta violencia”.
What does sacudir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shake off, dust
- 2
to shake
- 3
to shake (the head, to give a negative response)
- 4
to nod (the head, to give a positive response)
- 5
to jolt
- 6
shake off, rid oneself of.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mover de lado a lado rápida y repetidamente, con cierta violencia. 2. Mover, golpear o agitar algo con el fin de limpiarlo o sacarle el polvo, el agua, etc. 3. Pegarle o dar golpes a alguien o a algo, moviéndolo con violencia. 4. Apartar algo de sí, arrojándolo fuera.
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 sacudir
- sacudo first-person present singular
- sacudí first-person preterite singular
- sacudido participle past
- sacudiendo gerund
- sacudida feminine participle past
- sacudidos masculine participle past
- sacudidas feminine participle past
- sacudes indicative informal present
- sacudís indicative informal present
- sacude indicative present singular
- sacudimos first-person indicative plural
- sacuden indicative plural present
- sacudía first-person imperfect indicative
- sacudías imperfect indicative second-person
- sacudíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sacudíais imperfect indicative plural
- sacudían imperfect indicative plural
- sacudiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sacudir?
- /sakuˈdiɾ/
- [sa.kuˈð̞iɾ]
- [sakuˈð̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sacudir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sacudir in Spanish?
sacudir appears 1.6 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).