acometer
Portuguese, verb/a.ko.meˈte(ʁ)/
acometer is spelled A-C-O-M-E-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acometer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to attack, assail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “investir contra; combater”.
What does acometer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to attack, assail
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. investir contra; combater 2. trombar, bater, chocar(-se) 3. tomar(-se), ocupar, apossar(-se) 4. manifestar-se
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 acometer
- acometo first-person present singular
- acometi first-person preterite singular
- acometido participle past
- acometeres infinitive second-person singular
- acometermos first-person infinitive plural
- acometerdes infinitive plural second-person
- acometerem infinitive plural third-person
- acometendo gerund
- acometidos masculine participle past
- acometida feminine participle past
- acometidas feminine participle past
- acometes indicative present second-person
- acomete indicative present singular
- acometemos first-person indicative plural
- acometeis indicative plural present
- acometem indicative plural present
- acometia first-person imperfect indicative
- acometias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acometer?
- Brazil /a.ko.meˈte(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.ko.meˈte(h)]
- /a.ko.meˈte(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acometer in Portuguese?
acometer appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).