acidente

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) accident (unexpected event with negative consequences)
2. (masculine) accident (irregular surface)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of acidentar:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of acidentar:

Concepts

accident

mishap

misadventure

mischance

bad luck

misfortune

accidental

misery

disaster

wreck

crash

fortuity

glitch

ill luck

incident

luck

🍀

misfortunes

mishaps

natural resin

occurrence

tough luck

trouble

unluckiness

casus

safety

stroke

chance event

news event

malfortune

casualty

cataclysm

catastrophe

chance

🎲

coincidence

contingency

destiny

event

failure

fatalities

fate

Synonyms

azar

sinistro

catástrofes ecológicas

má sorte

coincidência

acidentes

infortúnio

desgraça

Acidentes

segurança

Acidente escolar

avaria

Translations

accident

accidente

Unfall

incidente

accident

ongeval

accidente

ongeluk

kaza

Unglück

Unglücksfall

disgrazia

Panne

ατύχημα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.siˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: accidēns

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin accidentem, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”); respectively from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”) and *ḱad- (“to fall”).

Sentences

Um acidente também pode ser uma ponte no caminho para a felicidade .

An accident can also be a bridge on the path to happiness.

O acidente nunca descansa .

The accident never rests.

Já é uma sorte que você é poupado de um acidente .

It's fortunate that you're spared an accident.

O experimento se tornou um acidente .

The experiment became an accident.

Muitas pessoas ficam traumatizadas após este acidente de barco e precisam de cuidados intensivos .

Many people are traumatized after this boating accident and need intensive care.

Houve um acidente no trabalho ? um estouro de camelo quase matou o zelador .

Was there an accident at work? A camel burst nearly killed the janitor.