acelerador
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From acelerar (“to accelerate”) + -dor.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧ce‧le‧ra‧dor
Noun edit
acelerador m (plural aceleradores)
- accelerator (a device for causing acceleration)
- Antonyms: desacelerador, freio
- accelerator pedal
Coordinate terms edit
Adjective edit
acelerador (feminine aceleradora, masculine plural aceleradores, feminine plural aceleradoras)
- accelerating (which causes something to accelerate)
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "causing acceleration"): desacelerador, refreador
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθeleɾaˈdoɾ/ [a.θe.le.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aseleɾaˈdoɾ/ [a.se.le.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ce‧le‧ra‧dor
Adjective edit
acelerador (feminine aceleradora, masculine plural aceleradores, feminine plural aceleradoras)
- accelerating (that causes acceleration)
Noun edit
acelerador m (plural aceleradores)
- accelerator (device for causing acceleration)
- accelerator pedal
- (chemistry) accelerator (substance that speeds up chemical reactions)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “acelerador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014