acordar

From Vulgar Latin *accordāre, present active infinitive of *accordō, from Latin cor.

acordar (first-person singular indicative present acordo, past participle acordáu)

1. to remember (recall from one's memory)

   Synonym: recordar

2. to pick, choose, come to an agreement
3. to look after

From Old Occitan acordar, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, present active infinitive of *accordō, from Latin cor.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.koɾˈda/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ə.kurˈda/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.koɾˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

acordar (first-person singular present acordo, past participle acordat)

1. to agree (on/to)
2. to join, marry, put together
3. to concede, allow
4. (music) to tune

• desacordar

• accordar (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese acordar, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, present active infinitive of *accordō, from Latin cor.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kuɾ.ˈdaɾ/, [ɐ.kuɾ.ˈðaɾ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.koʁ.ˈda(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: a‧cor‧dar

acordar (first-person singular present indicative acordo, past participle acordado)

1. (intransitive) to awake; to wake up (to stop sleeping)

   Acordei às sete da manhã. ― I woke up at seven in the morning.

   Synonym: despertar (more formal)

   Antonyms: adormecer, cair no sono, dormir

2. (transitive) to wake; to wake up; to awaken (to cause someone to stop sleeping)
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] (Harry Potter; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 336:

     Francamente, vão acordar todo mundo!

     Honestly, you're going to wake everyone up!

   Não faça barulho, senão pode acordar os vizinhos. ― Don’t make noise, or you could wake the neighbours up.

   Synonym: despertar (more formal)

   Antonym: ninar

3. (intransitive, or transitive with para) to wake up (to) (to become aware of a serious issue)

   O país inteiro acorda para o terrorismo. ― The whole country is waking up to [the problem of] terrorism.

   Synonym: despertar

4. (intransitive) to wake up (to stop being sleepy)

   Tomei um café para acordar. ― I drank some coffee to wake myself up.

5. (transitive) to wake up (to cause to stop being sleepy)

   Só um energético consegue me acordar. ― Only an energy drink can wake me up.

6. (transitive) to instigate; to stir up (to incite feelings)

   Os eventos acordaram a raiva dos franceses. ― The events stirred up the anger of the French.

   Synonym: instigar

7. (transitive) to accord (to bring into accord)

   Os inimigos tiveram que acordar suas diferenças. ― The enemies had to accord their differences.

   Synonyms: concordar, harmonizar

8. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of acordar
9. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of acordar
10. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of acordar
11. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of acordar

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:acordar.

From Vulgar Latin *accordāre, present active infinitive of *accordō, from ac- (combining form of ad (“to”)) + Latin cor (“heart”), + verb suffix -ō.

• IPA^(key): /akorˈdaɾ/, [akorˈðaɾ]

acordar (first-person singular present acuerdo, first-person singular preterite acordé, past participle acordado)

1. (transitive) to decide, arrange
2. (intransitive) to agree

   Lo acordaron por unanimidad. ― They agreed to it unanimously.

3. (reflexive, acordarse de) to reach agreement
4. (reflexive, acordarse de) to remember, recall

   ¿Se acuerda Ud. de esto? ― Do you remember this?

   Synonym: recordar

5. (transitive) to flush, to make flush, to level
6. (transitive, music) to tune

• Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables.

• “acordar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.