acuciar

== Spanish == === Alternative forms === aguciar (obsolete) === Etymology === From acucia (“diligence, ardent desire”) +‎ -ar, semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin acūtiēs (“sharpness”), from Latin acūtus. Possibly related to crucial. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /akuˈθjaɾ/ [a.kuˈθjaɾ] (Spain) IPA(key): /akuˈsjaɾ/ [a.kuˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧cu‧ciar === Verb === acuciar (first-person singular present acucio, first-person singular preterite acucié, past participle acuciado) (transitive) to encourage or urge on (transitive) to harass ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “acuciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025