Alternative forms

• empestar (archaic)

Etymology

From a- +‎ peste +‎ -arCategory:Spanish terms prefixed with a-#PESTECategory:Spanish terms suffixed with -ar#APESTAR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apesˈtaɾ/ [a.pesˈt̪aɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#APESTARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#APESTAR

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• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#APESTARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables#APESTAR
• Syllabification: a‧pes‧tar

Verb

apestar (first-person singular present apesto, first-person singular preterite apesté, past participle apestado)Category:Spanish lemmas#APESTARCategory:Spanish verbs#APESTARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#APESTARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#APESTARCategory:Pages with entries#APESTARCategory:Pages with 1 entry#APESTAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#APESTAR) to stink

   Synonyms: oler mal, (formal) heder

2. to nauseate
3. to cause a plague, disease
4. to corrupt, spoil
5. to annoy
6. (colloquialCategory:Spanish colloquialisms#APESTAR, figuratively) to suck, to stink, to blow

Further reading

• “apestar”, 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