acelerador

/aseleɾaˈðoɾ/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los aceleradores

Meaning

  1. accelerator

    • Pisó el acelerador a fondo.

      He floored the accelerator.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

gas

Close in casual speech — acelerador is the accelerator pedal; gas (dar gas) is used colloquially to mean "to accelerate," just like English "step on the gas."

Similar in other languages

German

Gaspedal

Gaspedal is the German word for the same thing — both mean "accelerator."

Portuguese

acelerador

acelerador is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "accelerator."

Practice

1 What does acelerador mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pisó el ___ a fondo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches acelerador?

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