acelerar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin accelerāre, present active infinitive of accelerō (I hasten, I accelerate).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨ.lɨ.ˈɾaɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.se.le.ˈɾa(ʁ)/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ce‧le‧rar

Verb

acelerar (first-person singular present indicative acelero, past participle acelerado)

  1. to accelerate

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin accelerāre, present active infinitive of accelerō (I hasten, I accelerate).

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /aθeleˈɾaɾ/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /aseleˈɾaɾ/

Verb

acelerar (first-person singular present acelero, first-person singular preterite aceleré, past participle acelerado)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to accelerate (to cause to move faster)
    Antonym: desacelerar
  2. (intransitive) to hurry up

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