acordar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accordāre, present active infinitive of *accordō, from Latin cor.

Verb

acordar (first-person singular indicative present acordo, past participle acordáu)

1. to remember (to recall from one's memory)
2. to pick, choose, come to an agreement
3. to look after

Synonyms

• recordar

Etymology

From Old Occitan acordar, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, present active infinitive of *accordō, from Latin cor.

Verb

acordar (first-person singular present acordo, past participle acordat)

1. To agree (on/to)
2. to join, to marry, to put together
3. to concede, allow
4. (music) to tune

Alternative forms

• accordar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese acordar, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, present active infinitive of *accordō, from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kuɾ.ˈdaɾ/, [ɐ.kuɾ.ˈðaɾ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.koʁ.ˈda(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: a‧cor‧dar

Verb

acordar (first-person singular present indicative acordo, past participle acordado)

1. (intransitive) to awake; to wake up (to stop sleeping)

   Acordei às sete da manhã.

   I woke up at seven in the morning.

2. (transitive) to wake; to wake up; to awaken (to cause someone to stop sleeping)
   • 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Rocco, page 336:

     Francamente, vão acordar todo mundo!

     Honestly, you're going to wake everyone up!

   Não faça barulho, senão pode acordar os vizinhos.

   Don’t make noise, or you could wake the neighbours up.

3. (intransitive, or transitive with para) to wake up (to) (to become aware of a serious issue)

   O país inteiro acorda para o terrorismo.

   The whole country is waking up to [the problem of] terrorism.

4. (intransitive) to wake up (to stop being sleepy)

   Tomei um café para acordar.

   I drank some coffee to wake myself up.

5. (transitive) to wake up (to cause to stop being sleepy)

   Só um energético consegue me acordar.

   Only an energy drink can wake me up.

6. (transitive) to instigate; to stir up (to incite feelings)

   Os eventos acordaram a raiva dos franceses.

   The events stirred up the anger of the French.

7. (transitive) to accord (to bring into accord)

   Os inimigos tiveram que acordar suas diferenças.

   The enemies had to accord their differences.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accordāre, present active infinitive of *accordō, from ac- (combining form of ad (“to”)) + Latin cor (“heart”), + verb suffix -ō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akorˈdaɾ/, [akorˈðaɾ]

Verb

acordar (first-person singular present acuerdo, first-person singular preterite acordé, past participle acordado)

1. (transitive) to decide, arrange
2. (intransitive) to agree

   Lo acordaron por unanimidad. ― They agreed to it unanimously.

3. (reflexive, acordarse de) to reach agreement
4. (reflexive, acordarse de) to remember, recall

   ¿Se acuerda Ud. de esto? ― Do you remember this?

5. (transitive) to flush, to make flush, to level
6. (transitive, music) to tune

Further reading

• “acordar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.