acuar
Portuguese, verb/a.kuˈa(ʁ)/
acuar is spelled A-C-U-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese, the 151,527th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acuar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to rest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encurralar; colocar em situação difícil”.
What does acuar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rest
- 2
to crouch
- 3
to freeze (in response to danger)
- 4
to balk, jib
- 5
to corner prey
- 6
to desist
- 7
to be lost for words; to shut up
- 8
to flounder; remain in an embarrassing situation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. encurralar; colocar em situação difícil
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acuar
- acuo first-person present singular
- acuei first-person preterite singular
- acuado participle past
- acuares infinitive second-person singular
- acuarmos first-person infinitive plural
- acuardes infinitive plural second-person
- acuarem infinitive plural third-person
- acuando gerund
- acuados masculine participle past
- acuada feminine participle past
- acuadas feminine participle past
- acuas indicative present second-person
- acua indicative present singular
- acuamos first-person indicative plural
- acuais indicative plural present
- acuam indicative plural present
- acuava first-person imperfect indicative
- acuavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acuar?
- Brazil /a.kuˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.kuˈa(h)]
- Brazil /aˈkwa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acuar in Portuguese?
acuar appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).