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acelerar

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin accelerāre. By surface analysis, a- +‎ célere +‎ -ar.

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).

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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
    • 2025 May 12, Manuel Viejo, quoting Isabel Díaz Ayuso, “Ayuso, sobre el Congreso del PP que se celebrará en julio: “En el momento en el que hay runrún, conviene””, in El País[1], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 May 2025:
      “En el momento en el que hay runrún conviene, pero solo le compete a la dirección nacional. Ahora que ha empezado el runrún sí que hay que acelerarlo porque si no, al final, pues opina aquí todo el mundo menos los protagonistas. Estaremos a la altura”.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive) to hurry up

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