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acelerado

accelerated

adjective ah-seh-leh-RAH-doh Rare
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Also means

hurried

Usage Note

Acelerado can describe pace (ritmo acelerado, 'fast pace') or someone acting recklessly (conduce muy acelerado, 'he drives very aggressively'). In informal speech, calling a person acelerado means they are hot-headed or impulsive rather than literally speeding. The noun form is aceleración.

Examples

"El cambio tecnológico es cada vez más acelerado."

Natural Translation

Technological change is increasingly accelerated.

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