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sacudirse

Spanish, verb[sakuˈð̞iɾse]

sacudirse is spelled S-A-C-U-D-I-R-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 60,585th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sacudirse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of sacudir combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover el cuerpo de lado a lado rápida y repetidamente, con cierta violencia”.

What does sacudirse mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    infinitive of sacudir combined with se

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Mover el cuerpo de lado a lado rápida y repetidamente, con cierta violencia. 2. Golpearse deliberada o accidentalmente. 3. Apartar algo de sí, arrojándolo fuera. 4. Recibir un impacto emocional.

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 sacudirse

  • haberse sacudido impersonal infinitive
  • sacudiéndose impersonal gerund
  • habiéndose sacudido impersonal gerund
  • sacudido impersonal participle
  • me sacudo first-person singular indicative
  • te sacudes second-person singular indicative
  • te sacudís second-person singular vos-form
  • se sacude third-person singular indicative
  • nos sacudimos first-person plural indicative
  • os sacudís second-person plural indicative
  • se sacuden third-person plural indicative
  • me sacudía first-person singular indicative
  • te sacudías second-person singular indicative
  • se sacudía third-person singular indicative
  • nos sacudíamos first-person plural indicative
  • os sacudíais second-person plural indicative
  • se sacudían third-person plural indicative
  • me sacudí first-person singular indicative

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

How do you pronounce sacudirse?

  • [sakuˈð̞iɾse]

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

English words that translate to sacudirse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sacudirse in Spanish?

sacudirse 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).

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