abordar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French aborder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

abordar (first-person singular present abordo, first-person singular preterite abordí, past participle abordat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive, nautical) to board
2. (transitive) to incite, to urge on

   Synonym: envestir

3. (transitive) to broach, to address (a topic)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• abordada
• bordar

Further reading

• “abordar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “abordar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from English board, French aborder, Italian abbordare, Russian абордаж (abordaž) and Spanish abordar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔrˈdar/

Verb

abordar (present tense abordas, past tense abordis, future tense abordos, imperative abordez, conditional abordus)

1. (transitive) to land on a (shore, a wharf, etc.)
2. (transitive) to board (a ship, a vehicle, etc.)
3. (transitive, figurative) to go alongside, come up close to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abordar

		present		past		future
infinitive		abordar		abordir		abordor
tense		abordas		abordis		abordos
conditional		abordus
imperative		abordez
adjective active participle		abordanta		abordinta		abordonta
adverbial active participle		abordante		abordinte		abordonte
nominal active participle	singular	abordanto		abordinto		abordonto
	plural	abordanti		abordinti		abordonti
adjective passive participle		abordata		abordita		abordota
adverbial passive participle		abordate		abordite		abordote
nominal passive participle	singular	abordato		abordito		abordoto
	plural	abordati		aborditi		abordoti

Portuguese

Etymology

From French aborder (“to deal with”). Related to abordagem (“approach”). By surface analysis, a- +‎ borda +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧bor‧dar

Verb

abordar (first-person singular present abordo, first-person singular preterite abordei, past participle abordado)

1. to address (a subject, etc.)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ bordo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aboɾˈdaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bor‧dar

Verb

abordar (first-person singular present abordo, first-person singular preterite abordé, past participle abordado)

1. (transitive) to address, to broach, to approach, to discuss, to touch on (e.g. a subject, issue, topic, point)
2. (transitive) to tackle, to deal with, to confront, to approach, to grapple with (e.g. a problem, a challenge)
3. (transitive) to accost, to waylay
4. (transitive) to board (to enter a boat)
5. (reflexive) to address
6. (reflexive) to be addressed, to be tackled, to be taken up, to be approached, to be treated, to be considered, to be dealt with, to be handled, to be discussed

Usage notes

• Both abordar and abordarse can mean to "address". You should only use the active reflexive, however, when not referring to a human or sentient speaker or writer. For example, you would use the reflexive when the subject of the sentence is a report, an article, a book, a policy or law, a summit or conference, an event or meeting, a list of rules and regulations, etc. In all these situations, there is no human or sentient subject.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “abordar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014