acrescentar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

accrecentar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accrēscentāre. Compare Spanish acrecentar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.kɾe.sẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kɾe.sẽˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.kɾe.sẽˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.kɾe.sẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kɾe.sẽˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.kɾe.sẽˈta(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐ.kɾɨʃ.sẽˈtaɾ/, (natural pronunciation) /ɐ.kɾɨ.ʃẽˈtaɾ/

Verb

acrescentar (first-person singular present acrescento, first-person singular preterite acrescentei, past participle acrescentado)

(transitive) to increase
Synonym: aumentar
(ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a or em (informal)) to add to
Synonym: adicionar

Eu acrescentei o teu nome à lista. ― I added your name to the list.
(transitive) to add (to a conversation)
Synonyms: adicionar, enriquecer

Não vou acrescentar nada. ― I don't have anything to add.
inflection of acrescentar:
1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

Conjugation of acrescentar (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	acrescentar
Personal	acrescentar	acrescentares	acrescentar	acrescentarmos	acrescentardes	acrescentarem
Gerund
	acrescentando
Past participle
Masculine	acrescentado			acrescentados
Feminine	acrescentada			acrescentadas
Indicative
Present	acrescento	acrescentas	acrescenta	acrescentamos	acrescentais	acrescentam
Imperfect	acrescentava	acrescentavas	acrescentava	acrescentávamos	acrescentáveis	acrescentavam
Preterite	acrescentei	acrescentaste	acrescentou	acrescentamos¹, acrescentámos²	acrescentastes	acrescentaram
Pluperfect	acrescentara	acrescentaras	acrescentara	acrescentáramos	acrescentáreis	acrescentaram
Future	acrescentarei	acrescentarás	acrescentará	acrescentaremos	acrescentareis	acrescentarão
Conditional
	acrescentaria	acrescentarias	acrescentaria	acrescentaríamos	acrescentaríeis	acrescentariam
Subjunctive
Present	acrescente	acrescentes	acrescente	acrescentemos	acrescenteis	acrescentem
Imperfect	acrescentasse	acrescentasses	acrescentasse	acrescentássemos	acrescentásseis	acrescentassem
Future	acrescentar	acrescentares	acrescentar	acrescentarmos	acrescentardes	acrescentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		acrescenta	acrescente	acrescentemos	acrescentai	acrescentem
Negative (não)		não acrescentes	não acrescente	não acrescentemos	não acrescenteis	não acrescentem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Related terms

quem conta um conto acrescenta um ponto

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