acertar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ certo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.t͡seɾ.ˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

acertar

  1. to hit, to hit upon
  2. to be right

Descendants
  • Galician: acertar
  • Portuguese: acertar (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese acertar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ certo +‎ -ar. Compare Galician and Spanish acertar and English ascertain.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.sehˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.seɾˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.seχˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seɻˈta(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: a‧cer‧tar

Verb

acertar (first-person singular present acerto, first-person singular preterite acertei, past participle acertado)

  1. to adjust
  2. to regulate
  3. to hit (a target)
  4. (figurative) to be correct (about something)
  5. to coincide
  6. inflection of acertar:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation
    Conjugation of acertar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal acertar
Personal acertar acertares acertar acertarmos acertardes acertarem
Gerund
acertando
Past participle
Masculine acertado acertados
Feminine acertada acertadas
Indicative
Present acerto acertas acerta acertamos acertais acertam
Imperfect acertava acertavas acertava acertávamos acertáveis acertavam
Preterite acertei acertaste acertou acertamos1, acertámos2 acertastes acertaram
Pluperfect acertara acertaras acertara acertáramos acertáreis acertaram
Future acertarei acertarás acertará acertaremos acertareis acertarão
Conditional
acertaria acertarias acertaria acertaríamos acertaríeis acertariam
Subjunctive
Present acerte acertes acerte acertemos acerteis acertem
Imperfect acertasse acertasses acertasse acertássemos acertásseis acertassem
Future acertar acertares acertar acertarmos acertardes acertarem
Imperative
Affirmative acerta acerte acertemos acertai acertem
Negative (não) não acertes não acerte não acertemos não acerteis não acertem

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Descendants
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: serta

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ Latin certus +‎ -ar. Compare English ascertain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aθeɾˈtaɾ/ [a.θeɾˈt̪aɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aseɾˈtaɾ/ [a.seɾˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧cer‧tar

Verb

acertar (first-person singular present acierto, first-person singular preterite acerté, past participle acertado)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hit, to hit upon
    La bala acertó al policía en la pierna.
    The bullet got the policeman in the leg.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to be right
    Antonym: desacertar
    ¿Cuántas preguntas acertaste? –Ninguna.
    How many questions did you get right? –Zilch.
    El pronóstico del tiempo acertó hoy.
    Today's weather forecast proved right.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of acertar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive acertar
gerund acertando
past participle masculine feminine
singular acertado acertada
plural acertados acertadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present acierto aciertastú
acertásvos		 acierta acertamos acertáis aciertan
imperfect acertaba acertabas acertaba acertábamos acertabais acertaban
preterite acerté acertaste acertó acertamos acertasteis acertaron
future acertaré acertarás acertará acertaremos acertaréis acertarán
conditional acertaría acertarías acertaría acertaríamos acertaríais acertarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present acierte aciertestú
acertésvos2		 acierte acertemos acertéis acierten
imperfect
(ra)		 acertara acertaras acertara acertáramos acertarais acertaran
imperfect
(se)		 acertase acertases acertase acertásemos acertaseis acertasen
future1 acertare acertares acertare acertáremos acertareis acertaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative aciertatú
acertávos		 acierte acertemos acertad acierten
negative no aciertes no acierte no acertemos no acertéis no acierten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acertar (e-ie alternation)

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 tú imperative acierta
dative aciértame aciértate aciértale aciértanos not used aciértales
accusative aciértame aciértate aciértalo, aciértala aciértanos not used aciértalos, aciértalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acertá
dative acertame acertate acertale acertanos not used acertales
accusative acertame acertate acertalo, acertala acertanos not used acertalos, acertalas
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

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