acercar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to bring close
2. (transitive) to zoom in
3. (reflexive) to approach, to get close, to come
4. (reflexive) to draw near, to gather around
5. (reflexive) to become close
6. (reflexive) to get close to, to come up to, to draw near to, to walk up to, to go over to (+a)
7. (reflexive) to reach out to (+a)
8. (reflexive) to close in on (+a)
9. (intransitive) to assemble

Hyphenated as

a‧cer‧car

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aθeɾˈkaɾ/

Etymology

From a- + cerca (“near”) + -ar. Compare Ladino aserkar and Portuguese acercar.