ele acelerou

sped up, accelerated

ɐ s ɨ l ɨ ɾ o → acelerar
aceler to speed up, to accelerate + ou 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #33,705
sped up, accelerated Past form of “acelerar.”
PO: Ela acelerou o passo para chegar a tempo.
EN: She sped up to arrive on time.
Conjugation of acelerar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third acelerou —

De repente ele acelerou o carro.

Suddenly he accelerated the car.

O motorista acelerou o carro.

The driver accelerated the car.

Tom acelerou.

Tom accelerated.

Ele acelerou o carro e me ultrapassou.

He sped up the car and overtook me.

Ele acelerou.

He accelerated.

O que acelerou o processo no caso de Santiago?

What accelerated the process in Santiago's case?

— Questão de Honra (1992)

Acelerou.

It accelerated.

— Whiplash: Em Busca da Perfeição (2014)