accelerar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin accelerāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ək.sə.ləˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ak.se.leˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ak.se.leˈɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

accelerar (first-person singular present accelero, first-person singular preterite accelerí, past participle accelerat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to accelerate, speed up
2. (pronominal) to accelerate
   • 2021, Rudolf Sirera, L'home invisible:

     Però l'hàmster no para; al contrari, el moviment s'accelera.

     But the hamster doesn't stop; on the contrary, his movement accelerates.

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of accelerar (first conjugation)

infinitive			accelerar
gerund			accelerant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		accelerat		accelerada
		plural		accelerats		accelerades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	accelero	acceleres	accelera	accelerem	accelereu	acceleren
	imperfect	accelerava	acceleraves	accelerava	acceleràvem	acceleràveu	acceleraven
	future	acceleraré	acceleraràs	accelerarà	accelerarem	accelerareu	acceleraran
	preterite	accelerí	accelerares	accelerà	acceleràrem	acceleràreu	acceleraren
	conditional	acceleraria	acceleraries	acceleraria	acceleraríem	acceleraríeu	accelerarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acceleri	acceleris	acceleri	accelerem	accelereu	accelerin
	imperfect	accelerés	acceleressis	accelerés	acceleréssim	acceleréssiu	acceleressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	accelera	acceleri	accelerem	accelereu	accelerin
	negative (no)	—	no acceleris	no acceleri	no accelerem	no accelereu	no accelerin

Derived terms

• accelerada
• accelerador
• accelerament
• accelerant

Related terms

• acceleració
• acceleratriu

Further reading

• “accelerar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡθeleˈɾaɾ/ [aɣ̞.θe.leˈɾaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /aɡseleˈɾaɾ/ [aɣ̞.se.leˈɾaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ac‧ce‧le‧rar

Verb

accelerar (first-person singular present accelero, first-person singular preterite acceleré, past participle accelerado)

1. archaic form of acelerar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of accelerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			accelerar
gerund			accelerando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		accelerado		accelerada
		plural		accelerados		acceleradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	accelero	accelerastú accelerásvos	accelera	acceleramos	acceleráis	acceleran
	imperfect	acceleraba	accelerabas	acceleraba	accelerábamos	accelerabais	acceleraban
	preterite	acceleré	acceleraste	acceleró	acceleramos	accelerasteis	acceleraron
	future	acceleraré	accelerarás	accelerará	acceleraremos	acceleraréis	accelerarán
	conditional	acceleraría	accelerarías	acceleraría	acceleraríamos	acceleraríais	accelerarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	accelere	accelerestú accelerésvos2	accelere	acceleremos	acceleréis	acceleren
	imperfect (ra)	accelerara	acceleraras	accelerara	acceleráramos	accelerarais	acceleraran
	imperfect (se)	accelerase	accelerases	accelerase	accelerásemos	acceleraseis	accelerasen
	future1	accelerare	accelerares	accelerare	acceleráremos	accelerareis	acceleraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acceleratú accelerávos	accelere	acceleremos	accelerad	acceleren
	negative		no acceleres	no accelere	no acceleremos	no acceleréis	no acceleren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of accelerar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive accelerar	dative	accelerarme	accelerarte	accelerarle, accelerarse	accelerarnos	acceleraros	accelerarles, accelerarse
	accusative	accelerarme	accelerarte	accelerarlo, accelerarla, accelerarse	accelerarnos	acceleraros	accelerarlos, accelerarlas, accelerarse
with gerund accelerando	dative	accelerándome	accelerándote	accelerándole, accelerándose	accelerándonos	accelerándoos	accelerándoles, accelerándose
	accusative	accelerándome	accelerándote	accelerándolo, accelerándola, accelerándose	accelerándonos	accelerándoos	accelerándolos, accelerándolas, accelerándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative accelera	dative	accelérame	accelérate	accelérale	acceléranos	not used	accelérales
	accusative	accelérame	accelérate	acceléralo, accelérala	acceléranos	not used	acceléralos, acceléralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative accelerá	dative	accelerame	accelerate	accelerale	acceleranos	not used	accelerales
	accusative	accelerame	accelerate	acceleralo, accelerala	acceleranos	not used	acceleralos, acceleralas
with formal second-person singular imperative accelere	dative	acceléreme	not used	accelérele, accelérese	accelérenos	not used	acceléreles
	accusative	acceléreme	not used	accelérelo, accelérela, accelérese	accelérenos	not used	accelérelos, accelérelas
with first-person plural imperative acceleremos	dative	not used	accelerémoste	accelerémosle	accelerémonos	accelerémoos	accelerémosles
	accusative	not used	accelerémoste	accelerémoslo, accelerémosla	accelerémonos	accelerémoos	accelerémoslos, accelerémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative accelerad	dative	acceleradme	not used	acceleradle	acceleradnos	acceleraos	acceleradles
	accusative	acceleradme	not used	acceleradlo, acceleradla	acceleradnos	acceleraos	acceleradlos, acceleradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acceleren	dative	accelérenme	not used	accelérenle	accelérennos	not used	accelérenles, accelérense
	accusative	accelérenme	not used	accelérenlo, accelérenla	accelérennos	not used	accelérenlos, accelérenlas, accelérense

Related terms

• acceleración
• acceleradamente
• accelerado
• accelerador
• accelerator

Further reading

• “accelerar”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021