acertar
Galician
Verb
acertar (first-person singular present acerto, first-person singular preterite acertei, past participle acertado)
- to guess
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
References
- “acertar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Old Galician-Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.t͡seɾ.ˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Conjugation
Note: Forms marked with an asterisk (*), if any, are unattested forms that are presumed to have existed verbally and were conjugated according to the Old Galician-Portuguese conjugation system. | |||||||||
infinitive | acertar | ||||||||
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gerund | acertando | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | acertado | acertada | |||||||
feminine | acertados | acertadas | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | acerto | acertas | acerta | acertamos | acertades | acertam1, acertan2 | ||
imperfect | acertava | acertavas | acertava | acertavamos | acertavades | acertavam1, acertavan2 | |||
preterite | acertei | acertaste1, acertasche2 | acertou | acertamos | acertastes | acertarom1, acertaron2 | |||
pluperfect | acertara | acertaras | acertara | acertaramos | acertarades | acertaram1, acertaran2 | |||
future | acertarei | acertarás | acertará | acertaremos | acertaredes | acertarám1, acertarán2 | |||
conditional | acertaría | acertarías | acertaría | acertariamos | acertariades | acertaríam1, acertarían2 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | |||||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
subjunctive mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | acerte | acertes | acerte | acertemos | acertedes | acertem1, acerten2 | ||
preterite | acertasse | acertasses | acertasse | acertassemos | acertassedes | acertassem1, acertassen2 | |||
future | acertar | acertares | acertar | acertarmos | acertardes | acertarem1, acertaren2 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | |||||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
perfect future | future subjunctive of haver3 or tẽer4 + past participle | ||||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | acerta | acerte | acertemos | acertade | — | |||
negative | — | nunca non acertes | nunca non acerte | nunca non acertemos | nunca non acertedes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |||
acertar | acertares | acertar | acertarmos | acertardes | acertarem1, acertaren2 | ||||
1 Less common in Galicia 2 Less common in Portugal 3 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 4 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". |
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese acertar. By surface analysis, a- + certo + -ar. Compare Galician and Spanish acertar and English ascertain.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.sehˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.seɾˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.seχˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seɻˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨɾˈtaɾ/
- Hyphenation: a‧cer‧tar
Verb
acertar (first-person singular present acerto, first-person singular preterite acertei, past participle acertado)
Conjugation
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Descendants
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: serta
Further reading
- “acertar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “acertar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθeɾˈtaɾ/ [a.θeɾˈt̪aɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aseɾˈtaɾ/ [a.seɾˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧cer‧tar
Verb
acertar (first-person singular present acierto, first-person singular preterite acerté, past participle acertado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to hit, to hit upon
- La bala acertó al policía en la pierna.
- The bullet got the policeman in the leg.
- (transitive, intransitive) to be right
- Antonym: desacertar
- ¿Cuántas preguntas acertaste? –Ninguna.
- How many questions did you get right? –Zilch.
- El pronóstico del tiempo acertó hoy.
- Today's weather forecast proved right.
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive acertar | |||||||
dative | acertarme | acertarte | acertarle, acertarse | acertarnos | acertaros | acertarles, acertarse | |
accusative | acertarme | acertarte | acertarlo, acertarla, acertarse | acertarnos | acertaros | acertarlos, acertarlas, acertarse | |
with gerund acertando | |||||||
dative | acertándome | acertándote | acertándole, acertándose | acertándonos | acertándoos | acertándoles, acertándose | |
accusative | acertándome | acertándote | acertándolo, acertándola, acertándose | acertándonos | acertándoos | acertándolos, acertándolas, acertándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acierta | |||||||
dative | aciértame | aciértate | aciértale | aciértanos | not used | aciértales | |
accusative | aciértame | aciértate | aciértalo, aciértala | aciértanos | not used | aciértalos, aciértalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acertá | |||||||
dative | acertame | acertate | acertale | acertanos | not used | acertales | |
accusative | acertame | acertate | acertalo, acertala | acertanos | not used | acertalos, acertalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative acierte | |||||||
dative | aciérteme | not used | aciértele, aciértese | aciértenos | not used | aciérteles | |
accusative | aciérteme | not used | aciértelo, aciértela, aciértese | aciértenos | not used | aciértelos, aciértelas | |
with first-person plural imperative acertemos | |||||||
dative | not used | acertémoste | acertémosle | acertémonos | acertémoos | acertémosles | |
accusative | not used | acertémoste | acertémoslo, acertémosla | acertémonos | acertémoos | acertémoslos, acertémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative acertad | |||||||
dative | acertadme | not used | acertadle | acertadnos | acertaos | acertadles | |
accusative | acertadme | not used | acertadlo, acertadla | acertadnos | acertaos | acertadlos, acertadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative acierten | |||||||
dative | aciértenme | not used | aciértenle | aciértennos | not used | aciértenles, aciértense | |
accusative | aciértenme | not used | aciértenlo, aciértenla | aciértennos | not used | aciértenlos, aciértenlas, aciértense |
Derived terms
- acertado
- acertar con (“to locate, find”)
- acertijo
- piensa mal y acertarás
Further reading
- “acertar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014