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acerar

Portuguese, verb/a.seˈɾa(ʁ)/

acerar is spelled A-C-E-R-A-R (6 letters). Acerar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to acierate (to convert iron into steel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar têmpera de aço a”.

What does acerar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to acierate (to convert iron into steel)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. dar têmpera de aço a 2. aguçar 3. tornar incisivo

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of acerar

  • acero first-person present singular
  • acerei first-person preterite singular
  • acerado participle past
  • acerares infinitive second-person singular
  • acerarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • acerardes infinitive plural second-person
  • acerarem infinitive plural third-person
  • acerando gerund
  • acerados masculine participle past
  • acerada feminine participle past
  • aceradas feminine participle past
  • aceras indicative present second-person
  • acera indicative present singular
  • aceramos first-person indicative plural
  • acerais indicative plural present
  • aceram indicative plural present
  • acerava first-person imperfect indicative
  • aceravas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce acerar?

  • Brazil /a.seˈɾa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [a.seˈɾa(h)]
  • /a.seˈɾa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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