acertar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐsɨɾˈtaɾ/
Verb
acertar (first-person singular present indicative acerto, past participle acertado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb acertar
Spanish
Etymology
From cierto.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /aθerˈtaɾ/, [aθerˈt̪aɾ]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /aserˈtaɾ/, [aserˈt̪aɾ]
Verb
acertar (first-person singular present acierto, first-person singular preterite acerté, past participle acertado)
- to hit upon
- to be right
- Antonym: desacertar
Conjugation
- Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
- 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_e-ie)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation e-ie)</a>
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive acertar | |||||||
| dative | acertarme | acertarte | acertarle, acertarse | acertarnos | acertaros | acertarles, acertarse | |
| accusative | acertarme | acertarte | acertarlo, acertarla, acertarse | acertarnos | acertaros | acertarlos, acertarlas, acertarse | |
| with gerund acertando | |||||||
| dative | acertándome | acertándote | acertándole, acertándose | acertándonos | acertándoos | acertándoles, acertándose | |
| accusative | acertándome | acertándote | acertándolo, acertándola, acertándose | acertándonos | acertándoos | acertándolos, acertándolas, acertándose | |
| with informal second-person singular imperative acierta | |||||||
| dative | aciértame | aciértate | aciértale | aciértanos | not used | aciértales | |
| accusative | aciértame | aciértate | aciértalo, aciértala | aciértanos | not used | aciértalos, aciértalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative acierte | |||||||
| dative | aciérteme | not used | aciértele, aciértese | aciértenos | not used | aciérteles | |
| accusative | aciérteme | not used | aciértelo, aciértela, aciértese | aciértenos | not used | aciértelos, aciértelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative acertemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | acertémoste | acertémosle | acertémonos | acertémoos | acertémosles | |
| accusative | not used | acertémoste | acertémoslo, acertémosla | acertémonos | acertémoos | acertémoslos, acertémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative acertad | |||||||
| dative | acertadme | not used | acertadle | acertadnos | acertaos | acertadles | |
| accusative | acertadme | not used | acertadlo, acertadla | acertadnos | acertaos | acertadlos, acertadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative acierten | |||||||
| dative | aciértenme | not used | aciértenle | aciértennos | not used | aciértenles, aciértense | |
| accusative | aciértenme | not used | aciértenlo, aciértenla | aciértennos | not used | aciértenlos, aciértenlas, aciértense | |
Derived terms
- acertar con (to locate, find)
- acertijo
Related terms
Further reading
- “acertar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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