acuciar
- (transitive) to encourage or urge on
- (transitive) to harass
Hyphenated as
a‧cu‧ciar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/akuˈθjaɾ/
Etymology
From acucia (“diligence, ardent desire”) + -ar, semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin acūtiēs (“sharpness”), from Latin acūtus. Possibly related to crucial.
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