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acelerar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin accelerāre.

Pronunciation

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  • (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

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to accelerate (to increase speed or acquire speed, become swift)
  2. (reflexive) to hurry up
  3. (transitive) to advance
  4. (transitive) to shorten (to reduce the time of)

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aθeleˈɾaɾ/ [a.θe.leˈɾaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aseleˈɾaɾ/ [a.se.leˈɾaɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ce‧le‧rar

Verb

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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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