acoso

See also: acosó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkoso/ [aˈko.so]

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: a‧co‧so

Etymology 1

Deverbal from acosar.

Noun

acoso m (plural acosos)

1. harassment

   Synonym: hostigamiento

2. bullying

   Synonym: vejación

Derived terms

• acoso callejero
• acoso escolar
• acoso laboral
• acoso sexual
• antiacoso
• ciberacoso

Related terms

• coso
• curso

Etymology 2

Verb

acoso

1. first-person singular present indicative of acosar

Further reading

• “acoso”, 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