acordar

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to awake; to wake up (to stop sleeping)
2. (transitive) to wake; to wake up; to awaken (to cause someone to stop sleeping)
3. (figuratively,intransitive) to wake up (to), to become aware (of) (to become aware of a serious issue)
4. (intransitive) to wake up (to stop being sleepy)
5. (transitive) to wake up (to cause to stop being sleepy)
6. (transitive) to instigate; to stir up (to incite feelings)
7. (transitive) to accord (to bring into accord)

Hyphenated as

a‧cor‧dar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.koʁˈda(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese acordar, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre. Sense of "to wake up" was possibly influenced by Latin cordatus (“wise, prudent”), which would yield *cordado if inherited.

Sentences

Caminhava nas pontas dos pés para não acordar a parenta, que dormia perto .

He walked on tiptoes so as not to wake his relative, who slept nearby.