acadar

acadar

Galician

Etymology

14th century. From Vulgar Latin *adcapitare, from caput (“head”). Compare Spanish recaudar.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaˈdaɾ/

Verb

acadar (first-person singular present acado, first-person singular preterite acadei, past participle acadado)

1. to reach; to grab; to catch
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 26:

     yan elles tã longe que os nõ podo acadar

     they were so far away that he could not reach them

2. (dated) to collect or raise funds
   • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 107:

     Iten que acadastes vos o dito Gil Peres das aviinças dos moleiros da ribeira de Sarela et de duas viuvas, dusentos et seseenta moravedis de moeda vella que nos avian de dar o dito anno

     Item, that you obtained from said Gil Pérez, of the agreements with the millers of the banks of the river Sarela and of two widows, two hundred and sixty maravedis of old coinage, that they ought to give to us said year

3. to meet
4. to achieve; to hit (a target)

Conjugation

Conjugation of acadar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	acadar
personal	acadar	acadares	acadar	acadarmos	acadardes	acadaren
Gerund
	acadando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	acadado			acadados
feminine	acadada			acadadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	acado	acadas	acada	acadamos	acadades	acadan
imperfect	acadaba	acadabas	acadaba	acadabamos	acadabades	acadaban
preterite	acadei	acadaches	acadou	acadamos	acadastes	acadaron
pluperfect	acadara	acadaras	acadara	acadaramos	acadarades	acadaran
future	acadarei	acadarás	acadará	acadaremos	acadaredes	acadarán
conditional	acadaría	acadarías	acadaría	acadariamos	acadariades	acadarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	acade	acades	acade	academos	acadedes	acaden
preterite	acadase	acadases	acadase	acadásemos	acadásedes	acadasen
future	acadar	acadares	acadar	acadarmos	acadardes	acadaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	acada	acade	academos	acadade	acaden
negative	–	acades	acade	academos	acadedes	acaden

Synonyms

• alcanzar

References

• “acadar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “acadar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “acadar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “acadar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “acadar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “recaudar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos