No. 2,389 in Portuguese
acelerando
"Acelerando" means "accelerating" in English.
In a sentence
O carro está acelerando na estrada.
The car is accelerating on the road.
The word 'acelerando' is used as the present participle of the verb 'acelerar,' indicating the action of increasing speed in progress.
Ele está acelerando o processo de produção.
He is speeding up the production process.
Here, 'acelerando' signifies actively hastening a procedure or action, emphasizing efficiency.
Com todas as mudanças, sinto que a vida está acelerando.
With all the changes, I feel that life is speeding up.
In this case, 'acelerando' reflects an abstract sense of events proceeding at a quicker pace, conveying emotional or metaphorical acceleration.
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