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apresurar — 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.
  • rush verb To hurry or do something very quickly, sometimes carelessly.
  • scamper verb To run quickly with short, light steps, often playfully.
  • skitter verb To move quickly and lightly, as if scampering.

Senses

apresurar 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.
  • expedite (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
  • rush (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
  • scamper (intransitive) To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.
  • skitter (intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.

accelerate — full definition

  1. verb To go faster, or to make something go faster.
  2. verb To make something happen sooner or more quickly than planned.

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