acelerar

Meaning

1. (reflexive,transitive) to accelerate (to cause to move faster)
2. (intransitive) to hurry up

Concepts

accelerate

hasten

speed up

advance

further

promote

speed

hurry

quicken

urge

activate

expedite

rev up

drive

hustle

rev

affirm

dwell

insist

maintain

oppress

pinch

press

squash

squeeze

cultivate

force

grow

raise

soften up

cast off

fling off

throw off

hurrying

speeding

bestir oneself

get cracking

get going

get moving

get rolling

get started

get weaving

jump-start

jumpstart

step up

travel rapidly

zip

whet

gas

hit the gas

accerelate

rush

put one’s foot down

Hyphenated as

a‧ce‧le‧rar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aθeleˈɾaɾ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accelerāre (“to hasten, to accelerate”).