acosar

• acossar, acoſſar (obsolete)

From the obsolete coso (“road, way”), or less likely a Vulgar Latin *accursāre, from Latin cursus. Compare Portuguese acossar.

• IPA^(key): /akoˈsaɾ/

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

acosar (first-person singular present acoso, first-person singular preterite acosé, past participle acosado)

1. (transitive) to pursue, harass

   Synonym: perseguir

   • 2021 February 3, Elena Reina, “El infierno de Mariana: seis meses de abuso sexual que nadie escuchó”, in El País‎:

     Y en ese rincón abandonado del México pobre, un compañero comenzó a acosarla.

     And in that abandoned corner of poor Mexico, a classmate began to harass her.

2. (transitive) to bully

   Synonyms: hacer bullying, intimidar, tiranizar, vejar

3. (transitive) to beset, beleaguer

   Synonym: asediar

• “acosar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28