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acusar

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin accūsāre, present active infinitive of accūsō.

Verb

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acusar (first-person singular indicative present acuso, past participle acusáu)

  1. (transitive) to accuse (attribute blame to someone)

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin accūsāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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acusar (first-person singular present acuso, first-person singular preterite acusí, past participle acusat)

  1. to accuse

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese acusar, from Latin accūsāre.

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Verb

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acusar (first-person singular present acuso, first-person singular preterite acusei, past participle acusado)

  1. to accuse

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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acusar (first-person singular present acuso, first-person singular preterite acusé, past participle acusado)

  1. (transitive) to accuse, charge, indict
    Synonym: denunciar
    acusar por gran juradoto indict
    Le acusaron de homicidio.
    They accused him of manslaughter.
  2. (transitive) to criminate
  3. (transitive) to arraign
  4. (transitive) to prosecute
  5. (transitive) to acknowledge (to notify sender of having received)
    acusar reciboto acknowledge receipt
  6. (reflexive) to confess
  7. (also reflexive) to show; to show signs of
    Synonyms: manifestar, revelar
    • 1973, Estudio geológico de la provincia de Alava:
      se acusa una notable influencia continental , aunque con caracteres intermitentes marinos
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2014, Asunción Hernández Fernández, José Ma Martínez García, Marketing sanitario:
      se acusa una notoria escasez de información
      A clear lack of information is shown
    • 2023 March 7, Cristina Galindo, “Los ingresos de la plataforma de ropa Zalando se estancan y anuncia “cientos” de despidos”, in El País[1]:
      La compañía alemana acusa el fin del auge del comercio electrónico y los beneficios se hunden un 92% en 2022[.]
      The German company is facing the end of the e-commerce boom and profits plunge 92% in 2022[.]
  8. (colloquial) to snitch, tattle, rat, egg, squeal
    Synonyms: delatar, chivar


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Descendants

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  • Cebuano: akusar
  • Chavacano: acusa
  • Tagalog: akusa

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “acusar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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