apropincuar

A learned, literary-archaic verb meaning to approach or draw near — essentially a fancier, Latinate-sounding synonym of aproximarse or acercarse that shows up mostly in older or deliberately ornate prose, sometimes for humorous effect precisely because it sounds so pompous.

• El caballero se apropincuó al castillo con solemnidad. — The knight solemnly approached the castle.
• La tormenta se apropincuaba sobre el valle. — The storm was drawing near over the valley.
• Nos apropincuamos al final de la travesía. — We are drawing near the end of the crossing.

Using this in everyday speech — it reads as deliberately archaic or mock-formal in modern Spanish; acercarse or aproximarse is what a native speaker actually says.

Often confused with aproximar.