acelerar

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin accelerāre (“to hasten, to accelerate”).

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨ.lɨˈɾaɾ/, (proscribed) /ɐ.sɨ.lɐˈɾaɾ/, (very proscribed) /ɐ.sɐ.lɐˈɾaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨ.lɨˈɾa.ɾi/, (proscribed) /ɐ.sɨ.lɐˈɾa.ɾi/, (very proscribed) /ɐ.sɐ.lɐˈɾa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: a‧ce‧le‧rar

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to accelerate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acelerar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal acelerar
Personal acelerar acelerares acelerar acelerarmos acelerardes acelerarem
Gerund
acelerando
Past participle
Masculine acelerado acelerados
Feminine acelerada aceleradas
Indicative
Present acelero aceleras acelera aceleramos acelerais aceleram
Imperfect acelerava aceleravas acelerava acelerávamos aceleráveis aceleravam
Preterite acelerei aceleraste acelerou aceleramos1, acelerámos2 acelerastes aceleraram
Pluperfect acelerara aceleraras acelerara aceleráramos aceleráreis aceleraram
Future acelerarei acelerarás acelerará aceleraremos acelerareis acelerarão
Conditional aceleraria acelerarias aceleraria aceleraríamos aceleraríeis acelerariam
Subjunctive
Present acelere aceleres acelere aceleremos acelereis acelerem
Imperfect acelerasse acelerasses acelerasse acelerássemos acelerásseis acelerassem
Future acelerar acelerares acelerar acelerarmos acelerardes acelerarem
Imperative
Affirmative acelera acelere aceleremos acelerai acelerem
Negative (não) não aceleres não acelere não aceleremos não acelereis não acelerem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accelerāre (“to hasten, to accelerate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aθeleˈɾaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aseleˈɾaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ce‧le‧rar

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acelerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive acelerar
gerund acelerando
past participle masculine feminine
singular acelerado acelerada
plural acelerados aceleradas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present acelero acelerastú
acelerásvos 		acelera aceleramos aceleráis aceleran
imperfect aceleraba acelerabas aceleraba acelerábamos acelerabais aceleraban
preterite aceleré aceleraste aceleró aceleramos acelerasteis aceleraron
future aceleraré acelerarás acelerará aceleraremos aceleraréis acelerarán
conditional aceleraría acelerarías aceleraría aceleraríamos aceleraríais acelerarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present acelere acelerestú
acelerésvos2 		acelere aceleremos aceleréis aceleren
imperfect
(ra) 		acelerara aceleraras acelerara aceleráramos acelerarais aceleraran
imperfect
(se) 		acelerase acelerases acelerase acelerásemos aceleraseis acelerasen
future1 acelerare acelerares acelerare aceleráremos acelerareis aceleraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative aceleratú
acelerávos 		acelere aceleremos acelerad aceleren
negative no aceleres no acelere no aceleremos no aceleréis no aceleren

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acelerar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive acelerar
dative acelerarme acelerarte acelerarle, acelerarse acelerarnos aceleraros acelerarles, acelerarse
accusative acelerarme acelerarte acelerarlo, acelerarla, acelerarse acelerarnos aceleraros acelerarlos, acelerarlas, acelerarse
with gerund acelerando
dative acelerándome acelerándote acelerándole, acelerándose acelerándonos acelerándoos acelerándoles, acelerándose
accusative acelerándome acelerándote acelerándolo, acelerándola, acelerándose acelerándonos acelerándoos acelerándolos, acelerándolas, acelerándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acelera
dative acelérame acelérate acelérale aceléranos not used acelérales
accusative acelérame acelérate aceléralo, acelérala aceléranos not used aceléralos, aceléralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acelerá
dative acelerame acelerate acelerale aceleranos not used acelerales
accusative acelerame acelerate aceleralo, acelerala aceleranos not used aceleralos, aceleralas
with formal second-person singular imperative acelere
dative aceléreme not used acelérele, acelérese acelérenos not used aceléreles
accusative aceléreme not used acelérelo, acelérela, acelérese acelérenos not used acelérelos, acelérelas
with first-person plural imperative aceleremos
dative not used acelerémoste acelerémosle acelerémonos acelerémoos acelerémosles
accusative not used acelerémoste acelerémoslo, acelerémosla acelerémonos acelerémoos acelerémoslos, acelerémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acelerad
dative aceleradme not used aceleradle aceleradnos aceleraos aceleradles
accusative aceleradme not used aceleradlo, aceleradla aceleradnos aceleraos aceleradlos, aceleradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aceleren
dative acelérenme not used acelérenle acelérennos not used acelérenles, acelérense
accusative acelérenme not used acelérenlo, acelérenla acelérennos not used acelérenlos, acelérenlas, acelérense

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