acusar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin accūsāre.

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of acusar

infinitive		acusar
gerund		acusando
past participle		m acusáu, f acusada, n acusao, m pl acusaos, f pl acusaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
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	—

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accūsāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.kuˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.kuˈzaɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. to accuse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acusar (first conjugation)

infinitive			acusar
gerund			acusant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acusat		acusada
		plural		acusats		acusades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acuso	acuses	acusa	acusem	acuseu	acusen
	imperfect	acusava	acusaves	acusava	acusàvem	acusàveu	acusaven
	future	acusaré	acusaràs	acusarà	acusarem	acusareu	acusaran
	preterite	acusí	acusares	acusà	acusàrem	acusàreu	acusaren
	conditional	acusaria	acusaries	acusaria	acusaríem	acusaríeu	acusarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acusi	acusis	acusi	acusem	acuseu	acusin
	imperfect	acusés	acusessis	acusés	acuséssim	acuséssiu	acusessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	acusa	acusi	acusem	acuseu	acusin
	negative (no)	—	no acusis	no acusi	no acusem	no acuseu	no acusin

Related terms

• acusació

Further reading

• “acusar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “acusar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “acusar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• accusar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese acusar, from Latin accūsāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kuˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kuˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kuˈza.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧cu‧sar

Verb

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)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acusar (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	acusar
Personal	acusar	acusares	acusar	acusarmos	acusardes	acusarem
Gerund
	acusando
Past participle
Masculine	acusado			acusados
Feminine	acusada			acusadas
Indicative
Present	acuso	acusas	acusa	acusamos	acusais	acusam
Imperfect	acusava	acusavas	acusava	acusávamos	acusáveis	acusavam
Preterite	acusei	acusaste	acusou	acusamos1, acusámos2	acusastes	acusaram
Pluperfect	acusara	acusaras	acusara	acusáramos	acusáreis	acusaram
Future	acusarei	acusarás	acusará	acusaremos	acusareis	acusarão
Conditional	acusaria	acusarias	acusaria	acusaríamos	acusaríeis	acusariam
Subjunctive
Present	acuse	acuses	acuse	acusemos	acuseis	acusem
Imperfect	acusasse	acusasses	acusasse	acusássemos	acusásseis	acusassem
Future	acusar	acusares	acusar	acusarmos	acusardes	acusarem
Imperative
Affirmative		acusa	acuse	acusemos	acusai	acusem
Negative (não)		não acuses	não acuse	não acusemos	não acuseis	não acusem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• acusação
• acusador
• acusativo
• acusatório
• acusável

 

Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akuˈsaɾ/ [a.kuˈsaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cu‧sar

Verb

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^[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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acusar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acusar
gerund			acusando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acusado		acusada
		plural		acusados		acusadas
		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	acuso	acusastú acusásvos	acusa	acusamos	acusáis	acusan
	imperfect	acusaba	acusabas	acusaba	acusábamos	acusabais	acusaban
	preterite	acusé	acusaste	acusó	acusamos	acusasteis	acusaron
	future	acusaré	acusarás	acusará	acusaremos	acusaréis	acusarán
	conditional	acusaría	acusarías	acusaría	acusaríamos	acusaríais	acusarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acuse	acusestú acusésvos2	acuse	acusemos	acuséis	acusen
	imperfect (ra)	acusara	acusaras	acusara	acusáramos	acusarais	acusaran
	imperfect (se)	acusase	acusases	acusase	acusásemos	acusaseis	acusasen
	future1	acusare	acusares	acusare	acusáremos	acusareis	acusaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acusatú acusávos	acuse	acusemos	acusad	acusen
	negative		no acuses	no acuse	no acusemos	no acuséis	no acusen

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

    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 tú 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 vos 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

Derived terms

• acusable
• acusado
• acusete
• acusón

 

Related terms

• acusación
• acusador
• acusativo
• acusatorio

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “acusar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10