acoquinar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish acoquinar, and in turn from French acoquiner.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ko.kiˈna(ʁ)/ [a.ko.kiˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ko.kiˈna(ʁ)/ [a.ko.kiˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ko.kiˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ko.kiˈna(ʁ)/ [a.ko.kiˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.ko.kiˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.kiˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.kiˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.kiˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧co‧qui‧nar

Verb

acoquinar (first-person singular present acoquino, first-person singular preterite acoquinei, past participle acoquinado)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) to annoy, to pester

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acoquinar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	acoquinar
Personal	acoquinar	acoquinares	acoquinar	acoquinarmos	acoquinardes	acoquinarem
Gerund
	acoquinando
Past participle
Masculine	acoquinado			acoquinados
Feminine	acoquinada			acoquinadas
Indicative
Present	acoquino	acoquinas	acoquina	acoquinamos	acoquinais	acoquinam
Imperfect	acoquinava	acoquinavas	acoquinava	acoquinávamos	acoquináveis	acoquinavam
Preterite	acoquinei	acoquinaste	acoquinou	acoquinamos1, acoquinámos2	acoquinastes	acoquinaram
Pluperfect	acoquinara	acoquinaras	acoquinara	acoquináramos	acoquináreis	acoquinaram
Future	acoquinarei	acoquinarás	acoquinará	acoquinaremos	acoquinareis	acoquinarão
Conditional	acoquinaria	acoquinarias	acoquinaria	acoquinaríamos	acoquinaríeis	acoquinariam
Subjunctive
Present	acoquine	acoquines	acoquine	acoquinemos	acoquineis	acoquinem
Imperfect	acoquinasse	acoquinasses	acoquinasse	acoquinássemos	acoquinásseis	acoquinassem
Future	acoquinar	acoquinares	acoquinar	acoquinarmos	acoquinardes	acoquinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		acoquina	acoquine	acoquinemos	acoquinai	acoquinem
Negative (não)		não acoquines	não acoquine	não acoquinemos	não acoquineis	não acoquinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “acoquinar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “acoquinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

French a-

French coquin

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Middle French -er

French -er

French acoquinerbor.

Spanish acoquinar

Borrowed from French acoquiner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akokiˈnaɾ/ [a.ko.kiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧co‧qui‧nar

Verb

acoquinar (first-person singular present acoquino, first-person singular preterite acoquiné, past participle acoquinado)

1. (colloquial, transitive, reflexive) to daunt, put down

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:asustar

   • 2016 October 6, “Sergio Ramos lo estropea”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     El cuarto penalti en la temporada del central del Madrid dejó a ‘La Roja’ sin el triunfo que había merecido de lejos después de una hora de acoquinar e intimidar a Italia, reducida a casi nada en el segundo partido de la fase de clasificación para el Mundial de Rusia 2018.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acoquinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acoquinar
gerund			acoquinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acoquinado		acoquinada
		plural		acoquinados		acoquinadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acoquino	acoquinastú acoquinásvos	acoquina	acoquinamos	acoquináis	acoquinan
	imperfect	acoquinaba	acoquinabas	acoquinaba	acoquinábamos	acoquinabais	acoquinaban
	preterite	acoquiné	acoquinaste	acoquinó	acoquinamos	acoquinasteis	acoquinaron
	future	acoquinaré	acoquinarás	acoquinará	acoquinaremos	acoquinaréis	acoquinarán
	conditional	acoquinaría	acoquinarías	acoquinaría	acoquinaríamos	acoquinaríais	acoquinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acoquine	acoquinestú acoquinésvos2	acoquine	acoquinemos	acoquinéis	acoquinen
	imperfect (ra)	acoquinara	acoquinaras	acoquinara	acoquináramos	acoquinarais	acoquinaran
	imperfect (se)	acoquinase	acoquinases	acoquinase	acoquinásemos	acoquinaseis	acoquinasen
	future1	acoquinare	acoquinares	acoquinare	acoquináremos	acoquinareis	acoquinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acoquinatú acoquinávos	acoquine	acoquinemos	acoquinad	acoquinen
	negative		no acoquines	no acoquine	no acoquinemos	no acoquinéis	no acoquinen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acoquinar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive acoquinar	dative	acoquinarme	acoquinarte	acoquinarle, acoquinarse	acoquinarnos	acoquinaros	acoquinarles, acoquinarse
	accusative	acoquinarme	acoquinarte	acoquinarlo, acoquinarla, acoquinarse	acoquinarnos	acoquinaros	acoquinarlos, acoquinarlas, acoquinarse
with gerund acoquinando	dative	acoquinándome	acoquinándote	acoquinándole, acoquinándose	acoquinándonos	acoquinándoos	acoquinándoles, acoquinándose
	accusative	acoquinándome	acoquinándote	acoquinándolo, acoquinándola, acoquinándose	acoquinándonos	acoquinándoos	acoquinándolos, acoquinándolas, acoquinándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative acoquina	dative	acoquíname	acoquínate	acoquínale	acoquínanos	not used	acoquínales
	accusative	acoquíname	acoquínate	acoquínalo, acoquínala	acoquínanos	not used	acoquínalos, acoquínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative acoquiná	dative	acoquiname	acoquinate	acoquinale	acoquinanos	not used	acoquinales
	accusative	acoquiname	acoquinate	acoquinalo, acoquinala	acoquinanos	not used	acoquinalos, acoquinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acoquine	dative	acoquíneme	not used	acoquínele, acoquínese	acoquínenos	not used	acoquíneles
	accusative	acoquíneme	not used	acoquínelo, acoquínela, acoquínese	acoquínenos	not used	acoquínelos, acoquínelas
with first-person plural imperative acoquinemos	dative	not used	acoquinémoste	acoquinémosle	acoquinémonos	acoquinémoos	acoquinémosles
	accusative	not used	acoquinémoste	acoquinémoslo, acoquinémosla	acoquinémonos	acoquinémoos	acoquinémoslos, acoquinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acoquinad	dative	acoquinadme	not used	acoquinadle	acoquinadnos	acoquinaos	acoquinadles
	accusative	acoquinadme	not used	acoquinadlo, acoquinadla	acoquinadnos	acoquinaos	acoquinadlos, acoquinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acoquinen	dative	acoquínenme	not used	acoquínenle	acoquínennos	not used	acoquínenles, acoquínense
	accusative	acoquínenme	not used	acoquínenlo, acoquínenla	acoquínennos	not used	acoquínenlos, acoquínenlas, acoquínense

Derived terms

• acoquinamiento

Further reading

• “acoquinar”, 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