agrietar

/aɣɾjeˈtaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present (yo)
agrieto
preterite (yo)
agrieté
past participle
agrietado

Meaning

  1. to crack

    • El frío agrietó la pared.

      The cold cracked the wall.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: punctual. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

resquebrajar

agrietar is the more common word for cracking, like surfaces or skin; resquebrajar is more literary, often for something cracking into multiple fissures.

cascar

cascar means to crack something brittle or hard, like an eggshell or nut; agrietar is more general, like cracks forming in a wall.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

trincar

trincar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to crack."

Practice

1 What does agrietar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches agrietar?

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