acelerador
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From acelerar (“to accelerate”) + -dor.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ce‧le‧ra‧dor
Noun
acelerador m (plural aceleradores)
- accelerator (a device for causing acceleration)
- Antonyms: desacelerador, freio
- accelerator pedal
Coordinate terms
Adjective
acelerador (feminine aceleradora, masculine plural aceleradores, feminine plural aceleradoras)
- accelerating (which causes something to accelerate)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “causing acceleration”): desacelerador, refreador
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθeleɾaˈdoɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aseleɾaˈdoɾ/
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ce‧le‧ra‧dor
Adjective
acelerador (feminine aceleradora, masculine plural aceleradores, feminine plural aceleradoras)
- accelerating (that causes acceleration)
Noun
acelerador m (plural aceleradores)
- accelerator (device for causing acceleration)
- accelerator pedal
- (chemistry) accelerator (substance that speeds up chemical reactions)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “acelerador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16