acordar

• alcordar

From Vulgar Latin *accordāre.

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

1. to remember (recall from one's memory)

   Synonym: recordar

2. to pick, choose, come to an agreement
3. to look after

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *accordāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.kurˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.korˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.koɾˈðaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

acordar (first-person singular present acordo, first-person singular preterite acordí, past participle acordat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

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

• acord
• desacordar

• “acordar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “acordar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “acordar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “acordar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese acordar, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre. Sense of "to wake up" was possibly influenced by cordo (“judicious, prudent”), from Latin cordatus (“wise, prudent”).

• IPA^(key): [akoɾˈðaɾ]

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

1. (intransitive) to awake; to wake up; to regain consciousness
   • 1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 370:

     Et cayo en terra esmorido pero acordou logo

     And he felt to the ground fainting, but soon he regained consciousness

   Synonym: espertar

   Antonym: adormecer

2. (intransitive) to realize, to become aware

   Synonym: decatar

3. (intransitive) to change one's mind

   Sei que non queres vir, pero se acordas chámame ― I know that you don't want to come, but if you change your mind call me

4. (pronominal or transitive) to remember
   • 1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Transcrición íntegra dos documentos, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:

     cen carros de pan entre trigo et centeo et vi armentios et iiii bois et ii uacas et La roxellos entre cabras et ouellas et oyto fanegas de ligoyma entre fuas et eruellas et ii ferrados de noses et vii anssaras et dos capoos et v galinas et ii porcas et iiii trens de nauios que tinna en pinor por vi centos mor. et presas et lino que siian na casa de que se non podia acordar

     a hundred carts of grain, wheat and rye; and 6 cattle, 4 oxen and 2 cows; and 50 kids, sheep and goats; and eight fanegas of legume, beans and peas; and two ferrados of nuts; and 7 geese, and two capons and 5 hens and 2 sows; and 4 tackles of ships that he had in panwn for 600 maravedis; and handfuls of linen that were in the house [in number] she couldn't remember

5. (impersonal, intransitive) to be remembered; to come to mind

   Non me acorda ― I can't remember that / It doesn't come to my mind.

   Synonym: lembrar

   Antonym: esquecer

6. (transitive) to accord, agree
   • 1305, C. Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)" in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 395:

     dou et dono a vos Frayres Preegadores de Galliza para aiuda para fazer un moesteyro de donnas de vossa ordii enna villa ou enno arçebispado de Santiago ou eno lugar en Galliza hu se acordare

     I give and donate to you, Friars Preachers of Galicia, for helping to make a monastery of nuns of your order in the city or the archbishopric of Santiago or in the place in Galicia where it is agreed to.

• acordo
• cordo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “acordar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “acordar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acordar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “acordar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acordar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• accordar (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese acordar, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre. Sense of "to wake up" was possibly influenced by Latin cordatus (“wise, prudent”),^[1] which would yield *cordado if inherited.

• Hyphenation: a‧cor‧dar

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

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

   Synonym: despertar (more formal)

   Antonyms: adormecer, cair no sono, dormir

   Acordei às sete da manhã. ― I woke up at seven in the morning.

4. (transitive) to wake; to wake up; to awaken (to cause someone to stop sleeping)

   Synonym: despertar (more formal)

   Antonym: ninar

   Não faça barulho, senão pode acordar os vizinhos. ― Don’t make noise, or you could wake the neighbours up.

   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] (Harry Potter; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 336:

     Francamente, vão acordar todo mundo!

     Honestly, you're going to wake everyone up!

6. (intransitive, figurative) to wake up (to), to become aware (of) (to become aware of a serious issue) [with para ‘a problem or other serious issue’]

   Synonym: despertar

   O país inteiro acorda para o terrorismo. ― The whole country is waking up to [the problem of] terrorism.

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

   Tomei um café para acordar. ― I drank some coffee to wake myself up.

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

    Só um energético consegue me acordar. ― Only an energy drink can wake me up.

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

    Synonym: instigar

    Os eventos acordaram a raiva dos franceses. ― The events stirred up the anger of the French.

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

    Synonyms: concordar, harmonizar

    Os inimigos tiveram que acordar suas diferenças. ― The enemies had to accord their differences.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:acordar.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *accordāre.

• IPA^(key): /akoɾˈdaɾ/ [a.koɾˈð̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cor‧dar

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

1. (intransitive) to agree

   Synonym: concordar

   Lo acordaron por unanimidad.

   They agreed to it unanimously.

2. (transitive) to decide, arrange (plan)
3. (transitive) to flush, to make flush, to level
4. (transitive, music) to tune
5. (reflexive) to remember, recall (+ de)

   Synonym: recordar

   Antonym: olvidar

   ¿Se acuerda usted de esto?

   Do you remember this?

   Acuérdate de apagar la luz.

   Remember to turn off the light.

   Acordaos de hacer los deberes, chicos

   Remember to do your homework, boys.

6. (reflexive) to reach agreement (+ de)

• “acordar”, 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
• “acordar”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN