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acelerar.

to accelerate (to increase speed or acquire speed, become swift)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.se.leˈɾa(ʁ)/Brazil[a.se.leˈɾa(h)]Brazil/a.se.leˈɾa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/a.se.leˈɾa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to accelerate (to increase speed or acquire speed, become swift)

    intransitive · transitive
  2. to hurry up

    reflexive
  3. to advance

    transitive
  4. to shorten (to reduce the time of)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin celerō Latin accelerārelbor. Portuguese acelerar Learned borrowing from Latin accelerāre. By surface analysis, a- + célere + -ar.

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