acuciar

v.

to goad.

el deseo me acuciaba I was driven by desire

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acuciar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar prisa) to hurry up

2 (agobiar) to urge on

3 (desear) to long for, yearn for

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VT

1) (=estimular) to urge on; (=dar prisa a) to hasten; (=acosar) to harass; [problema] to press, worry

acuciado por el hambre — driven on by hunger

2) (=anhelar) to yearn for, long for

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verbo transitivo

a) problema to plague, beset

acuciado por el hambre — driven by hunger

b) persona to pester, hassle (colloq)

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= beset (with/by).

Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.

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* acuciado por = dogged by.

* acuciado por problemas = embattled.

* problema + acuciar = problem + beset.

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verbo transitivo

a) problema to plague, beset

acuciado por el hambre — driven by hunger

b) persona to pester, hassle (colloq)

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= beset (with/by).

Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.

* acuciado por = dogged by.

* acuciado por problemas = embattled.

* problema + acuciar = problem + beset.

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acuciar [A1 ]

vt

1

(apremiar, agobiar): los problemas que acuciaban a la pobre mujer the problems that plagued o beset the poor woman

acuciada por el hambre, la fiera atacó driven by hunger, the beast attacked

la curiosidad que lo acuciaba the curiosity that was gnawing away at him

2 «persona» to pester, hassle (colloq)

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acuciar vtr (apremiar, urgir) to urge on
'acuciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apremiar
English:
spur
- beset

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acuciar vt

1. [instar] to goad;

el deseo me acuciaba I was driven by desire;

está acuciada por problemas económicos she is plagued by financial difficulties

2. [ser urgente]

le acucia encontrar un nuevo trabajo he urgently needs to find a new job

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acuciar

v/t pester, hassle