Today’s Spanish word of the day is “acuerdo”.
It’s a masculine noun meaning “agreement”, “understanding” or “accord”.
“Acuerdo” is also the first-person singular form of the verb “acordar” (“to agree”). This might suggest that the correct way to say “I agree” in Spanish would be “yo acuerdo” or simply “acuerdo”. However, the verb “acordar” isn’t used in this way. Instead, the standard way to say “I agree” is “estoy de acuerdo”, which literally means “I am of agreement”, rather than simply “acuerdo”.
The word “acuerdo” derives from the Latin verb accordare, meaning “to agree”, from which we get the English words “accord” and “accordion”.
Example sentences
Llegamos a un acuerdo sobre el precio del coche.
We reached an agreement on the price of the car.
Estoy de acuerdo con las condiciones del contrato.
I agree with the terms of the contract.
El acuerdo fue aprobado por la mayoría de los votantes.
The agreement was approved by the majority of the voters.
Un acuerdo de paz fue firmado ayer.
A peace agreement was signed yesterday.
Al principio, no estábamos de acuerdo, pero después de discutirlo, finalmente encontramos un punto común.
At first, we didn’t agree, but after discussing it, we finally found common ground.
