adoptar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adoptāre.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Catalonia)

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• Homophone: adoptà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• adopció

Further reading

• “adoptar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Anagrams

• portada, tapador

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐðɔpˈtaɾ/

Verb

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)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “adoptar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adopˈtar/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to adopt

Conjugation

    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

Related terms

• adopto

Portuguese

Verb

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

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of adotar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• adoptável

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adoptāre. Cognate with English adopt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adobˈtaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

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