aceleração

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• acelaração (misspelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin accelerātiōnem (“a hastening”). By surface analysis, acelerar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.se.le.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.se.le.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (proscribed) /a.se.la.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.se.la.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨ.lɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/, (proscribed) /ɐ.sɨ.lɐ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧le‧ra‧ção

Noun

aceleração f (plural acelerações)

1. acceleration
2. speeding up