acervar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seʁˈva(ʁ)/ [a.seɦˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.seɾˈva(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.seʁˈva(ʁ)/ [a.seʁˈva(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.seɻˈva(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨɾˈvaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨɾˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.sɨɾˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨɾˈva.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧cer‧var
Verb
acervar (first-person singular present acervo, first-person singular preterite acervei, past participle acervado)
- to amass (to gather a great quantity of)
- to produce an inventory (detailed list of all of the items on hand)
Conjugation
Conjugation of acervar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- acervo (“heap”)
Further reading
- “acervar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “acervar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aθeɾˈbaɾ/ [a.θeɾˈβ̞aɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /aseɾˈbaɾ/ [a.seɾˈβ̞aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧cer‧var
Verb
acervar (first-person singular present acervo, first-person singular preterite acervé, past participle acervado)
- (rare, transitive) to pile up
Conjugation
Conjugation of acervar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
- “acervar”, 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