acertar
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + certo + -ar. Compare Catalan encertar, English ascertain.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧cer‧tar
Verb[edit]
acertar (first-person singular present acerto, first-person singular preterite acertei, past participle acertado)
- to adjust
- to regulate
- to hit (a target)
- (figuratively) to be correct (about something)
- to coincide
- inflection of acertar:
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of acertar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + Latin certus + -ar. Compare English ascertain.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθeɾˈtaɾ/ [a.θeɾˈt̪aɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aseɾˈtaɾ/ [a.seɾˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧cer‧tar
Verb[edit]
acertar (first-person singular present acierto, first-person singular preterite acerté, past participle acertado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to hit, to hit upon
- La bala acertó al policía en la pierna.
- The bullet got the policeman in the leg.
- (transitive, intransitive) to be right
- Antonym: desacertar
- ¿Cuántas preguntas acertaste? –Ninguna.
- How many questions did you get right? –Zilch.
- El pronóstico del tiempo acertó hoy.
- Today's weather forecast proved right.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of acertar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of acertar (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
- acertado
- acertar con (“to locate, find”)
- acertijo
- piensa mal y acertarás
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “acertar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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