acender

== Galician == === Alternative forms === cender === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese acender (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin accendere (“to kindle or light a fire”). Cognate with Portuguese acender. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɾ Hyphenation: a‧cen‧der === Verb === acender (first-person singular present acendo, first-person singular preterite acendín, past participle acendido, short past participle aceso) acender (first-person singular present acendo, first-person singular preterite acendim or acendi, past participle acendido, short past participle aceso, reintegrationist norm) (transitive) to light (a fire, a match...) (transitive) to turn on (intransitive) to light up ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== aceso === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “acender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “acender”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “acender”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “acender”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acender”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “acender”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin accendere (“kindle or light a fire”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.t͡sẽˈdeɾ/ Rhymes: -eɾ === Verb === acender (transitive) to light a fire 13th century, Pero da Ponte, Quem a sesta quiser dormir (facsimile) ==== Descendants ==== Galician: acender Portuguese: acender === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "acender" == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === accender (pre-standardization spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese acender, from Latin accendere (“to kindle or light a fire”). === Pronunciation === Homophone: ascender (chiefly Brazil) Hyphenation: a‧cen‧der === Verb === acender (first-person singular present acendo, first-person singular preterite acendi, past participle acendido, short past participle aceso) (transitive) to light (to set fire to) Synonyms: incendiar, atear/tacar/botar/pôr fogo em Antonym: apagar (intransitive) to light up; to catch fire Synonym: pegar fogo Antonym: apagar (transitive) to turn on (to activate a source of light) Synonym: ligar Antonyms: desligar, apagar (intransitive, of a source of light) to be turned on Synonym: ligar Antonyms: desligar, apagar (figurative, transitive) to give birth to (to create or start something that can’t be stopped) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “acender”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “acender”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin accendere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aθenˈdeɾ/ [a.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ] (Spain) IPA(key): /asenˈdeɾ/ [a.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: a‧cen‧der === Verb === acender (first-person singular present aciendo, first-person singular preterite acendí, past participle acendido) (archaic) to light, ignite (archaic) to turn on ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “acender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025