acordar

Meaning

Verb

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)

Noun

wakening (act of awaking)

Concepts

wake up

awake

awaken

wake

arouse

waken

accord

rouse

agree

go for

hold

iron out

negotiate

put right

resuscitate

revive

straighten out

get up

agree upon

come alive

come to

concord

concur

consent

dawn on

accept

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Opposite of

adormecer, cair no sono, dormir, ninar

Synonyms

despertar

estar de acordo

despertar

consentir

deixar

levantar-se

resolver

aceitar

🉑

chegar a acordo

aprovar

concordar

Translations

despertar

réveiller

despertarse

aufwachen

se réveiller

erwachen

ontwaken

wecken

wekken

wakker worden

éveiller

aufwecken

despertar-se

despertar

excito

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.koʁˈda(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: cordatus

In summary

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.