acometer
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- cometer (obsolete)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Portuguese a-
Portuguese acometer
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ko.meˈte(ʁ)/ [a.ko.meˈte(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.ko.meˈte(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.ko.meˈte(ʁ)/ [a.ko.meˈte(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.ko.meˈte(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ku.mɨˈteɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ku.mɨˈte.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧co‧me‧ter
Verb
acometer (first-person singular present acometo, first-person singular preterite acometi, past participle acometido)
- (ambitransitive) to attack, assail
- (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation
Conjugation of acometer (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:acometer.
Further reading
- “acometer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “acometer”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “acometer”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “acometer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “acometer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Spanish acometer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akomeˈteɾ/ [a.ko.meˈt̪eɾ]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: a‧co‧me‧ter
Verb
acometer (first-person singular present acometo, first-person singular preterite acometí, past participle acometido)
- (transitive) to assail
- Synonym: atacar
- (transitive, of an illness, etc.) to overtake
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 8:
- […] pero les está vedado al apropiarse ningún objeto, y al que lo hace, le acomete un desmayo, del cual no vuelve hasta el amanecer, en que despierta botado en pleno campo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to undertake (a task, a project, an enterprise)
- 2017 March 13, “¿Servir comida y ya?”, in Juventud Rebelde[1], archived from the original on 23 January 2025:
- Aunque actualmente se acomete en varios municipios cubanos un importante plan de reparación en estos sitios, aún muchos de ellos no son lugares tan acogedores como se espera, y los ancianos prefieren regresar a casa con almuerzo y comida en los pozuelos, y alimentarse allá, solos.
- Although a significant reparation plan is being undertaken in numerous Cuban towns, many of them are still not as hospitable as expected, and the elderly prefer to return home with food in their bowls, and eat there, alone.
Conjugation
Conjugation of acometer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of acometer
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 acometer | dative | acometerme | acometerte | acometerle, acometerse | acometernos | acometeros | acometerles, acometerse |
| accusative | acometerme | acometerte | acometerlo, acometerla, acometerse | acometernos | acometeros | acometerlos, acometerlas, acometerse | |
| with gerund acometiendo | dative | acometiéndome | acometiéndote | acometiéndole, acometiéndose | acometiéndonos | acometiéndoos | acometiéndoles, acometiéndose |
| accusative | acometiéndome | acometiéndote | acometiéndolo, acometiéndola, acometiéndose | acometiéndonos | acometiéndoos | acometiéndolos, acometiéndolas, acometiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative acomete | dative | acométeme | acométete | acométele | acométenos | not used | acomételes |
| accusative | acométeme | acométete | acomételo, acométela | acométenos | not used | acomételos, acomételas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative acometé | dative | acometeme | acometete | acometele | acometenos | not used | acometeles |
| accusative | acometeme | acometete | acometelo, acometela | acometenos | not used | acometelos, acometelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative acometa | dative | acométame | not used | acométale, acométase | acométanos | not used | acométales |
| accusative | acométame | not used | acométalo, acométala, acométase | acométanos | not used | acométalos, acométalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative acometamos | dative | not used | acometámoste | acometámosle | acometámonos | acometámoos | acometámosles |
| accusative | not used | acometámoste | acometámoslo, acometámosla | acometámonos | acometámoos | acometámoslos, acometámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative acometed | dative | acometedme | not used | acometedle | acometednos | acometeos | acometedles |
| accusative | acometedme | not used | acometedlo, acometedla | acometednos | acometeos | acometedlos, acometedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative acometan | dative | acométanme | not used | acométanle | acométannos | not used | acométanles, acométanse |
| accusative | acométanme | not used | acométanlo, acométanla | acométannos | not used | acométanlos, acométanlas, acométanse | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “acometer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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