acariciar

From a- +‎ carícia +‎ -ar.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.kə.ɾi.siˈa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.ka.ɾi.siˈaɾ/

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• Homophone: acaricià
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

acariciar (first-person singular present acaricio, past participle acariciat)

1. to caress
2. to stroke, pet

From a- +‎ carícia +‎ -ar.

acariciar (first-person singular present acaricio, first-person singular preterite acariciei, past participle acariciado)

1. (transitive) to stroke (to move one's hand or an object over the surface of)
2. (transitive) to pet (fondle (an animal))
3. (transitive) to pet (fondle (another person) amorously)
4. (transitive) to caress (touch or kiss lovingly)
5. inflection of acariciar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• cariciar (rare or archaic)

From a- +‎ caricia +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /akaɾiˈθjaɾ/ [a.ka.ɾiˈθjaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /akaɾiˈsjaɾ/ [a.ka.ɾiˈsjaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ca‧ri‧ciar

acariciar (first-person singular present acaricio, first-person singular preterite acaricié, past participle acariciado)

1. to caress

   Synonyms: hacer cariño, regalonear

2. to fondle
3. to stroke
4. to pet

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