acatar
Spanish, verb/akaˈtaɾ/
acatar is a Spanish verb meaning “to comply with, to obey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tributar homenaje de sumisión y respeto”.
What does acatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to comply with, to obey
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tributar homenaje de sumisión y respeto. 2. Aceptar órdenes, normas, leyes, etc. con sumisión. 3. Mirar atentamente. 4. Considerar o pensar algo a fondo.
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 acatar
- acato first-person present singular
- acaté first-person preterite singular
- acatado participle past
- acatando gerund
- acatada feminine participle past
- acatados masculine participle past
- acatadas feminine participle past
- acatas indicative informal present
- acatás indicative informal present
- acata indicative present singular
- acatamos first-person indicative plural
- acatáis indicative plural present
- acatan indicative plural present
- acataba first-person imperfect indicative
- acatabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acatábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acatabais imperfect indicative plural
- acataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acatar?
- /akaˈtaɾ/
- [a.kaˈt̪aɾ]
- [akaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acatar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acatar in Spanish?
acatar appears 2.1 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).