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acordar.

to awake; to wake up (to stop sleeping)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.koʁˈda(ʁ)/Brazil[a.koɦˈda(h)]Brazil/a.koɾˈda(ɾ)/São-Paulo/a.koʁˈda(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to awake; to wake up (to stop sleeping)

    intransitive
    Acordei às sete da manhã.
  2. to wake; to wake up; to awaken (to cause someone to stop sleeping)

    transitive
    Não faça barulho, senão pode acordar os vizinhos.
  3. to wake up (to), to become aware (of) (to become aware of a serious issue)

    figuratively · intransitive
    O país inteiro acorda para o terrorismo.
  4. to wake up (to stop being sleepy)

    intransitive
    Tomei um café para acordar.
  5. to wake up (to cause to stop being sleepy)

    transitive
    Só um energético consegue me acordar.
  6. to instigate; to stir up (to incite feelings)

    transitive
    Os eventos acordaram a raiva dos franceses.
  7. to accord (to bring into accord)

    transitive
    Os inimigos tiveram que acordar suas diferenças.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese acordar, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre. Sense of "to wake up" was possibly influenced by Latin cordatus (“wise, prudent”), which would yield *cordado if inherited.

noun/a.koʁˈda(ʁ)/Brazil[a.koɦˈda(h)]Brazil/a.koɾˈda(ɾ)/São-Paulo/a.koʁˈda(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. wakening (act of awaking)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese acordar, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre. Sense of "to wake up" was possibly influenced by Latin cordatus (“wise, prudent”), which would yield *cordado if inherited.

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