accionar

From acció +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ək.si.uˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ək.si.oˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ak.si.oˈnaɾ]

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accionar (first-person singular present acciono, first-person singular preterite accioní, past participle accionat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to operate, to put into motion
2. (transitive, law) to file, to initiate (a lawsuit)
3. (intransitive) to gesticulate

• accionament

• “accionar”, 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

accionar (first-person singular present acciono, first-person singular preterite accionei, past participle accionado)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of acionar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

• “accionar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From acción +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /aɡθjoˈnaɾ/ [aɣ̞.θjoˈnaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /aɡsjoˈnaɾ/ [aɣ̞.sjoˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ac‧cio‧nar

accionar (first-person singular present acciono, first-person singular preterite accioné, past participle accionado)

1. (transitive) to put into motion; to start

   Synonym: activar

2. (intransitive) to gesticulate

• “accionar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025