acelerar
Spanish, verb/aθeleˈɾaɾ/
acelerar is spelled A-C-E-L-E-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acelerar is a Spanish verb meaning “to accelerate (to cause to move faster)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aumentar la velocidad”.
What does acelerar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to accelerate (to cause to move faster)
- 2
to hurry up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aumentar la velocidad. 2. En particular poner en movimiento un vehículo automotor.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acelerar
- acelero first-person present singular
- aceleré first-person preterite singular
- acelerado participle past
- acelerando gerund
- acelerada feminine participle past
- acelerados masculine participle past
- aceleradas feminine participle past
- aceleras indicative informal present
- acelerás indicative informal present
- acelera indicative present singular
- aceleramos first-person indicative plural
- aceleráis indicative plural present
- aceleran indicative plural present
- aceleraba first-person imperfect indicative
- acelerabas imperfect indicative second-person
- acelerábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- acelerabais imperfect indicative plural
- aceleraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acelerar?
- /aθeleˈɾaɾ/
- [a.θe.leˈɾaɾ]
- /aseleˈɾaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acelerar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acelerar in Spanish?
acelerar appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).