acelerador

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• acelarador (dialectal)
• accelerador (obsolete)

Etymology

From acelerar (“to accelerate”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.se.le.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [a.se.le.ɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.se.le.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [a.se.le.ɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.se.le.ɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.se.le.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [a.se.le.ɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.se.le.ɾaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨ.lɨ.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.sɨ.lɨ.ɾɐˈðoɾ], /ɐ.sɨ.lɐ.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.sɨ.lɐ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨ.lɨ.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.sɨ.lɨ.ɾɐˈðoɾ], /ɐ.sɨ.lɐ.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ɐ.sɨ.lɐ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨ.lɨ.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɐ.sɨ.lɨ.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi], /ɐ.sɨ.lɐ.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ɐ.sɨ.lɐ.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧le‧ra‧dor

Noun

acelerador m (plural aceleradores)

1. accelerator (a device for causing acceleration)

   Antonyms: desacelerador, freio

2. accelerator pedal

Coordinate terms

• (accelerator pedal): embreagem, freio

Adjective

acelerador (feminine aceleradora, masculine plural aceleradores, feminine plural aceleradoras)

1. accelerating (which causes something to accelerate)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “causing acceleration”): desacelerador, refreador

Related terms

• aceleração
• acelerado
• acelerante
• acelerar

Spanish

Etymology

From acelerar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθeleɾaˈdoɾ/ [a.θe.le.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aseleɾaˈdoɾ/ [a.se.le.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧le‧ra‧dor

Adjective

acelerador (feminine aceleradora, masculine plural aceleradores, feminine plural aceleradoras)

1. accelerating (that causes acceleration)

Noun

acelerador m (plural aceleradores)

1. accelerator (device for causing acceleration)
2. accelerator pedal
3. (chemistry) accelerator (substance that speeds up chemical reactions)

Derived terms

• acelerador de partículas

Further reading

• “acelerador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10