acusar
Meaning
- (transitive) to accuse, charge, indict
- (transitive) to criminate
- (transitive) to arraign
- (transitive) to prosecute
- (transitive) to acknowledge (to notify sender of having received)
- (reflexive) to confess
- (also, reflexive) to show; to show signs of
- (colloquial) to snitch, tattle, rat, egg, squeal
Concepts
Synonyms
echar la culpa a
detractar
atacar con palabras
acusar en fálso
formular cargos
delatar a una persona
Translations
accuser
accusare
beschuldigen
acusar
beschuldigen
κατηγορώ
suçlamak
acusar
accusareFrequency
Hyphenated as
a‧cu‧sar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/akuˈsaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish acusar, from Latin accūsāre. Whether it was inherited or an early borrowing is disputed by some, but it appeared as early as El Cid in Old Spanish and there is no phonological reason to consider it a borrowing.
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