-ar verb Intermediate

acelerar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to accelerate / to speed up

The imperfect conjugation of acelerar (regular -ar verb, ranked #251). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo aceleraba
acelerabas
él/ella/Ud. aceleraba
nosotros acelerábamos
vosotros acelerabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. aceleraban

Example sentence

Antes yo aceleraba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to accelerate / to speed up often.

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