What does acelerar mean?
acelerar means to accelerate (to cause to move faster) in English. It is a regular -ar verb.
It can also be used with these related meanings: to hurry up.
Spanish verb guide
Acelerar Conjugation in Spanish
Learn acelerar, meaning to accelerate (to cause to move faster), through verified forms and contextual examples.
regular-argerund: acelerandoparticiple: acelerado
Principal forms of acelerar
- Infinitive
- acelerar
- Gerund
- acelerando
- Past participle
- acelerado
Acelerar conjugation table
Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | acelero | aceleré | aceleraba | aceleraré |
| tú | aceleras | aceleraste | acelerabas | acelerarás |
| él / ella / usted | acelera | aceleró | aceleraba | acelerará |
| nosotros/as | aceleramos | aceleramos | acelerábamos | aceleraremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | aceleran | aceleraron | aceleraban | acelerarán |
Pattern notes
- Acelerar follows the regular -ar pattern in the four tenses shown here.
Examples with acelerar
El conductor aceleró el coche.The driver accelerated his car.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
De repente, él aceleró el coche.Suddenly, he accelerated the car.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
La política solo acelerará la inflación.The policy will only accelerate inflation.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate acelerar for yo in the present.
- Use the preterite form for ella.
- Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
- Write a short sentence in the future.
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