adoptar

Borrowed from Latin adoptāre.

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Homophone: adoptà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adoptí, past participle adoptat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to adopt (a child; an idea or style; a resolution)

• adopció

• “adoptar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

• portada, tapador

• IPA^(key): /ɐðɔpˈtaɾ/

adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adoptei, past participle adoptado)

1. to adopt (to take in and raise as one's own)

• “adoptar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Esperanto adopti, English adopt, French adopter, German adoptieren, Italian adottare, Spanish adoptar, ultimately from Latin adoptō.

• IPA^(key): /adopˈtar/

adoptar (present tense adoptas, past tense adoptis, future tense adoptos, imperative adoptez, conditional adoptus)

1. (transitive) to adopt

Conjugation of adoptar

		present		past		future
infinitive		adoptar		adoptir		adoptor
tense		adoptas		adoptis		adoptos
conditional		adoptus		—		—
imperative		adoptez		—		—
adjective active participle		adoptanta		adoptinta		adoptonta
adverbial active participle		adoptante		adoptinte		adoptonte
nominal active participle	singular	adoptanto		adoptinto		adoptonto
	plural	adoptanti		adoptinti		adoptonti
adjective passive participle		adoptata		adoptita		adoptota
adverbial passive participle		adoptate		adoptite		adoptote
nominal passive participle	singular	adoptato		adoptito		adoptoto
	plural	adoptati		adoptiti		adoptoti

• adopto

adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adoptei, past participle adoptado)

1. (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of adotar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Borrowed from Latin adoptāre. Cognate with English adopt.

• IPA^(key): /adobˈtaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧dop‧tar

adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adopté, past participle adoptado)

1. (transitive, law) to adopt (legally take in a child from other parents)

   Synonyms: ahijar, prohijar

2. (transitive) to adopt (select)
3. (transitive) to take (e.g. steps, measurements, action, position or view)

   adoptar una postura ― to take a stand/position

   adoptar medidas ― to take steps/measures

• “adoptar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10