Meaning
to accelerate, to go faster, to speed up
- to accelerate, to cause to go faster, to speed up
In a sentence
Se acceleri adesso, arriviamo in tempo.
If you speed up now, we'll arrive on time.
Puoi accelerare un po' il video?
Can you speed up the video a little?
Non accelerare troppo in questa strada.
Don't speed up too much on this road.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| accelerare | infinitive |
| acceleriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| accelero | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| accelerate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| acceleri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accelerano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accelera | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| acceleravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| acceleravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| acceleravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| acceleravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| acceleravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| accelerava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| accelerammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| accelerai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| acceleraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| accelerasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| accelerarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| accelerò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| accelereremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| accelererò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| accelererete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| accelererai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| accelereranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| accelererà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| acceleriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| acceleri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| acceleriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| acceleri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accelerino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| acceleri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accelerassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| accelerassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| acceleraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| accelerassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| accelerassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| accelerasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| accelereremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| accelererei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| accelerereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accelereresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accelererebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accelererebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| acceleriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| accelerate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| accelera | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| accelerando | gerund |
| accelerato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use both transitively and intransitively: L'auto accelera; Il pilota accelera l'auto.
- With essere in compound tenses when intransitive: l'auto è accelerata. With avere when transitive: ha accelerato il ritmo.
- For figurative contexts, accelerare is common: accelerare i tempi, il processo, la crescita.