Polyglot Dictionary

acelerar

/aseleˈɾaɾ/

verb B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
acelero
preterite (yo)
aceleré
past participle
acelerado

Meaning

  1. to speed up

    • Aceleró al ver la señal.

      He accelerated on seeing the sign.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

agilizar

acelerar means to speed up literally, like a car or a process; agilizar means to speed up or streamline a process specifically, making it more agile or efficient, often bureaucratic.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

agilizar

agilizar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to speed up."

Practice

1 What does acelerar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches acelerar?

verb

Last updated