acelerón
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aθeleˈɾon/ [a.θe.leˈɾõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /aseleˈɾon/ [a.se.leˈɾõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: a‧ce‧le‧rón
Noun
acelerón m (plural acelerones)
- welly, spurt, sudden acceleration, burst of speed (force on a pedal or increase to any fuel or power for an engine or motor)
- (figurative) speedup, speed-up
Related terms
Further reading
- “acelerón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024