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acelerar

to speed up

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The Spanish verb acelerar means to speed up.

Present tense:

yoacelero
aceleras
él/ella/ustedacelera
nosotrosaceleramos
vosotrosaceleráis
ellos/ellas/ustedesaceleran

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subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesaceleraran
yoacelerara
aceleraras
vosotrosacelerarais
nosotrosaceleráramos
él/ella/ustedacelerara

Use imperfect subjunctive like 'acelerara' for past hypotheticals or wishes, often with 'si' (if).

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesaceleren
yoacelere
aceleres
vosotrosaceleréis
nosotrosaceleremos
él/ella/ustedacelere

Present subjunctive like 'acelere' follows wishes, doubts, and emotions.

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imperative

negative

no aceleres
vosotrosno aceleréis
ustedesno aceleren
nosotrosno aceleremos
ustedno acelere

Negative commands use 'no' plus present subjunctive, like 'no aceleres' (tú).

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affirmative

acelera
vosotrosacelerad
ustedesaceleren
nosotrosaceleremos
ustedacelere

Use imperative forms like 'acelera' (tú) for direct commands, e.g., '¡Acelera!'

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesacelerarían
yoaceleraría
acelerarías
vosotrosaceleraríais
nosotrosaceleraríamos
él/ella/ustedaceleraría

Conditional 'aceleraría', 'acelerarías', etc., means 'would' speed up.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesaceleraron
yoaceleré
aceleraste
vosotrosacelerasteis
nosotrosaceleramos
él/ella/ustedaceleró

Preterite 'aceleré', 'aceleraste', etc., marks completed past actions like 'I sped up'.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesaceleraban
yoaceleraba
acelerabas
vosotrosacelerabais
nosotrosacelerábamos
él/ella/ustedaceleraba

Imperfect 'aceleraba' describes past ongoing actions or descriptions.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesaceleran
yoacelero
aceleras
vosotrosaceleráis
nosotrosaceleramos
él/ella/ustedacelera

Present tense 'acelero', 'aceleras', etc., describes current or habitual actions.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesacelerarán
yoaceleraré
acelerarás
vosotrosaceleraréis
nosotrosaceleraremos
él/ella/ustedacelerará

Future tense 'aceleraré', 'acelerarás', etc., predicts or expresses probability.

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