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From Latin accūsāre.

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

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

Conjugation of acusar

infinitive acusar
gerund acusando
past participle m acusáu, f acusada, n acusao, m pl acusaos, f pl acusaes
person first singularyo second singulartu third singularél/elli first pluralnosotros/nós second pluralvosotros/vós third pluralellos
indicative present acuso acuses acusa acusamos acusáis acusen
imperfect acusaba acusabes acusaba acusábemos, acusábamos acusabeis, acusabais acusaben
preterite acusé acusasti, acusesti acusó acusemos acusastis, acusestis acusaron
pluperfect acusare, acusara acusares, acusaras acusare, acusara acusáremos, acusáramos acusareis, acusarais acusaren, acusaran
future acusaré acusarás acusará acusaremos acusaréis acusarán
conditional acusaría acusaríes acusaría acusaríemos, acusaríamos acusaríeis, acusaríais acusaríen
subjunctive present acuse acuses, acusas acuse acusemos acuséis acusen, acusan
imperfect acusare, acusara acusares, acusaras acusare, acusara acusáremos, acusáramos acusareis, acusarais acusaren, acusaran
imperative — acusa — — acusái —

Learned borrowing from Latin accūsāre. First attested in the 13th century.

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

  1. (transitive) to accuse (to point out as guilty)
  2. (reflexive) to be accused
  3. (transitive) to show (to give an indication of)
  4. (transitive) to emphasize, to highlight
    Synonym: ressaltar
  5. (transitive, law) to prosecute (to take criminal action)
  6. (transitive, card games) to call (to declare possession of certain cards)

From Old Galician-Portuguese acusar, from Latin accūsāre.

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

  1. to accuse
    • 2008, Flavia Reisswitz, Análise de Sistemas Vol. 3, Clube de Autores, page 10:
      Como uma última precaução, não podemos usar espaços, pois o compilador pode entender como sendo outra váriavel não separada por vírgula e acusará um erro. No lugar do espaço, pode-se usar underline (_).
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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]

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 jurado ― to 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 recibo ― to 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[2]:
      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

Selected combined forms of acusar

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 acusar | dative | acusarme | acusarte | acusarle, acusarse | acusarnos | acusaros | acusarles, acusarse | | accusative | acusarme | acusarte | acusarlo, acusarla, acusarse | acusarnos | acusaros | acusarlos, acusarlas, acusarse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund acusando | dative | acusándome | acusándote | acusándole, acusándose | acusándonos | acusándoos | acusándoles, acusándose | | accusative | acusándome | acusándote | acusándolo, acusándola, acusándose | acusándonos | acusándoos | acusándolos, acusándolas, acusándose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative acusa | dative | acúsame | acúsate | acúsale | acúsanos | not used | acúsales | | accusative | acúsame | acúsate | acúsalo, acúsala | acúsanos | not used | acúsalos, acúsalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative acusá | dative | acusame | acusate | acusale | acusanos | not used | acusales | | accusative | acusame | acusate | acusalo, acusala | acusanos | not used | acusalos, acusalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative acuse | dative | acúseme | not used | acúsele, acúsese | acúsenos | not used | acúseles | | accusative | acúseme | not used | acúselo, acúsela, acúsese | acúsenos | not used | acúselos, acúselas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative acusemos | dative | not used | acusémoste | acusémosle | acusémonos | acusémoos | acusémosles | | accusative | not used | acusémoste | acusémoslo, acusémosla | acusémonos | acusémoos | acusémoslos, acusémoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative acusad | dative | acusadme | not used | acusadle | acusadnos | acusaos | acusadles | | accusative | acusadme | not used | acusadlo, acusadla | acusadnos | acusaos | acusadlos, acusadlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative acusen | dative | acúsenme | not used | acúsenle | acúsennos | not used | acúsenles, acúsense | | accusative | acúsenme | not used | acúsenlo, acúsenla | acúsennos | not used | acúsenlos, acúsenlas, acúsense | |

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “acusar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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