acelerar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accelerate verb To go faster, or to make something go faster.
- expedite verb To make a process happen faster.
- gas noun A state of matter, like air, that has no fixed shape or volume and spreads to fill its container.
- hasten verb To move or act quickly, or to make something happen sooner.
- rev verb To make an engine run faster, or to increase its speed.
Senses
acelerar is used for these senses in English:
- accelerate (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
- accelerate (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
- accelerate (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
- expedite (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
- fast track To progress something with unusual rapidity.
- gas (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
- hasten (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
- hit the gas (US, idiomatic) To go; go faster.
accelerate — full definition
- verb To go faster, or to make something go faster.
- verb To make something happen sooner or more quickly than planned.