acometer

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === cometer (obsolete) === Etymology === From a- +‎ cometer. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧co‧me‧ter === Verb === acometer (first-person singular present acometo, first-person singular preterite acometi, past participle acometido) (ambitransitive) to attack, assail (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:acometer. === Further reading === “acometer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “acometer”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “acometer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “acometer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “acometer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From a- +‎ cometer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /akomeˈteɾ/ [a.ko.meˈt̪eɾ] Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: a‧co‧me‧ter === Verb === acometer (first-person singular present acometo, first-person singular preterite acometí, past participle acometido) (transitive) to assail Synonym: atacar (transitive, of an illness, etc.) to overtake (transitive) to undertake (a task, a project, an enterprise) Synonyms: emprender, intentar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “acometer”, 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