Acordarme (en. Remember)

/akoɾˈðaɾ.me/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To retrieve a fact or information from memory.

I can't remember where I left my keys.

No puedo acordarme de dónde dejé mis llaves.

To keep in mind something that needed to be done.

I must remember to buy the milk.

Debo acordarme de comprar la leche.

To remember a person or a significant event.

I remember my vacations at the beach.

Me acuerdo de mis vacaciones en la playa.

From Latin 'accordare', which means 'to put in agreement'.

to remember something

to remember something specific.

acordarse de algo

to remember someone

to have someone in mind.

acordarse de alguien

I don’t remember

expression used when one cannot recall something.

no me acuerdo

remember

to make something come back to mind.

recordar

memory

ability to recall facts and experiences.

memoria

recollection

image or idea that one has in mind of something past.

recuerdo

To unexpectedly remember something.

I remembered that today is his birthday in the middle of the conversation.

Me acordé de que hoy es su cumpleaños en medio de la conversación.

To have a lapse and temporarily forget.

I had a moment of amnesia and couldn't remember his name.

Tuve un momento de amnesia y no me acordaba de su nombre.