accionas

Accionas is the second person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb accionar. The verb accionar means to activate, operate, or trigger a mechanism, and it can also be used in a broader sense to take action or to initiate a process. In legal contexts, accionar can mean to bring an action against someone, i.e., to sue or to initiate a legal proceeding. Therefore, accionas conveys “you actuate,” “you trigger,” or “you take action” when addressing someone informally.

Etymology and related forms: accionar comes from acción plus the verb ending -ar, with the sense of performing an action or causing something to operate. Related words include acción (action), accionar (to act or to initiate), and accionamiento (actuation or the mechanism that produces motion). Other conjugations of accionar are acciono, accionas, acciona, accionamos, accionáis, and accionan, depending on the subject and tense.

Usage and nuances: accionas is common in everyday Spanish when describing how a person operates a device or starts a process. It also appears in technical language describing systems that require user input to function. In legal or administrative contexts, accionar can mean to file or pursue legal action, though this sense is usually expressed with other forms, such as “accionar judicialmente” rather than the second-person form alone.

See also: acción, accionar, accionamiento, activar, desencadenar, accionar judicialmente.