acorralar

From corral.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ku.rəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ko.rəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ko.raˈlaɾ]

acorralar (first-person singular present acorralo, first-person singular preterite acorralí, past participle acorralat)

1. (transitive) to round up (livestock)
2. (transitive) to corner

• “acorralar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From a- +‎ corral +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /akoraˈlaɾ/ [a.ko.raˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧co‧rra‧lar

acorralar (first-person singular present acorralo, first-person singular preterite acorralé, past participle acorralado)

1. (transitive) to corral, to corner
   • 2007, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra‎^[1], page 643:

     Simón le secuestró el primero, acorralándole detrás de una mesa, para decirle que se alegraba de cambiar de provincia, por el oprobio que sus hijos le habían arrojado a la cara en Toledo y Madrid.

     Simón kidnapped him first, cornering him behind a table, to tell him that he was happy to change province, due to the shame that his children had thrown in his face in Toledo and Madrid.

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