acribillar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ Late Latin cribellō (“to sift”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /akɾibiˈʝaɾ/ [a.kɾi.β̞iˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /akɾibiˈʝaɾ/ [a.kɾi.β̞iˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /akɾibiˈʎaɾ/ [a.kɾi.β̞iˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /akɾibiˈʃaɾ/ [a.kɾi.β̞iˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /akɾibiˈʒaɾ/ [a.kɾi.β̞iˈʒaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cri‧bi‧llar

Verb

acribillar (first-person singular present acribillo, first-person singular preterite acribillé, past participle acribillado)

1. (transitive) to riddle, pepper (with holes, bullets etc.)
   • 1973 September 11, Salvador Allende, Ultimas palabras:

     El pueblo debe defenderse, pero no sacrificarse. El pueblo no debe dejarse arrasar ni acribillar, pero tampoco puede humillarse.

     The people must defend themselves, but they must not sacrifice themselves. The people must not let themselves be destroyed or riddled with bullets, but they cannot be humiliated either.

   • 2011, Enrique Larroque, La Orden Secreta:

     se encontraba ante dos profesionales del ejército y con pistolas le acribillaron el cuerpo, dejándole muerto.

     he found himself in front of two army professionals and with pistols they riddled his body with bullets, leaving him dead.

2. (transitive) to pester, badger

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acribillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acribillar
gerund			acribillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acribillado		acribillada
		plural		acribillados		acribilladas
		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	acribillo	acribillastú acribillásvos	acribilla	acribillamos	acribilláis	acribillan
	imperfect	acribillaba	acribillabas	acribillaba	acribillábamos	acribillabais	acribillaban
	preterite	acribillé	acribillaste	acribilló	acribillamos	acribillasteis	acribillaron
	future	acribillaré	acribillarás	acribillará	acribillaremos	acribillaréis	acribillarán
	conditional	acribillaría	acribillarías	acribillaría	acribillaríamos	acribillaríais	acribillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acribille	acribillestú acribillésvos2	acribille	acribillemos	acribilléis	acribillen
	imperfect (ra)	acribillara	acribillaras	acribillara	acribilláramos	acribillarais	acribillaran
	imperfect (se)	acribillase	acribillases	acribillase	acribillásemos	acribillaseis	acribillasen
	future1	acribillare	acribillares	acribillare	acribilláremos	acribillareis	acribillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acribillatú acribillávos	acribille	acribillemos	acribillad	acribillen
	negative		no acribilles	no acribille	no acribillemos	no acribilléis	no acribillen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acribillar

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 acribillar
	dative	acribillarme	acribillarte	acribillarle, acribillarse	acribillarnos	acribillaros	acribillarles, acribillarse
	accusative	acribillarme	acribillarte	acribillarlo, acribillarla, acribillarse	acribillarnos	acribillaros	acribillarlos, acribillarlas, acribillarse
with gerund acribillando
	dative	acribillándome	acribillándote	acribillándole, acribillándose	acribillándonos	acribillándoos	acribillándoles, acribillándose
	accusative	acribillándome	acribillándote	acribillándolo, acribillándola, acribillándose	acribillándonos	acribillándoos	acribillándolos, acribillándolas, acribillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acribilla
	dative	acribíllame	acribíllate	acribíllale	acribíllanos	not used	acribíllales
	accusative	acribíllame	acribíllate	acribíllalo, acribíllala	acribíllanos	not used	acribíllalos, acribíllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acribillá
	dative	acribillame	acribillate	acribillale	acribillanos	not used	acribillales
	accusative	acribillame	acribillate	acribillalo, acribillala	acribillanos	not used	acribillalos, acribillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acribille
	dative	acribílleme	not used	acribíllele, acribíllese	acribíllenos	not used	acribílleles
	accusative	acribílleme	not used	acribíllelo, acribíllela, acribíllese	acribíllenos	not used	acribíllelos, acribíllelas
with first-person plural imperative acribillemos
	dative	not used	acribillémoste	acribillémosle	acribillémonos	acribillémoos	acribillémosles
	accusative	not used	acribillémoste	acribillémoslo, acribillémosla	acribillémonos	acribillémoos	acribillémoslos, acribillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acribillad
	dative	acribilladme	not used	acribilladle	acribilladnos	acribillaos	acribilladles
	accusative	acribilladme	not used	acribilladlo, acribilladla	acribilladnos	acribillaos	acribilladlos, acribilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acribillen
	dative	acribíllenme	not used	acribíllenle	acribíllennos	not used	acribíllenles, acribíllense
	accusative	acribíllenme	not used	acribíllenlo, acribíllenla	acribíllennos	not used	acribíllenlos, acribíllenlas, acribíllense

Derived terms

• acribillador
• acribillamiento

 

Further reading

• “acribillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014