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/, /ɐ.kɾɨ.ʃẽˈtaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐ.kɾɨʃ.sẽˈta.ɾi/, /ɐ.kɾɨ.ʃẽˈta.ɾi/

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to increase
    Synonym: aumentar
  2. (transitive) to add [with direct object ‘something’, along with a or (informal) em ‘to something’]
    Synonym: adicionar
    Eu acrescentei o teu nome à lista. ― I added your name to the list.
  3. (transitive) to add (to a conversation)
    Synonyms: adicionar, enriquecer
    Não vou acrescentar nada. ― I don't have anything to add.

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

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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