adotar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese adoutar, from Latin adoptāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧do‧tar

Verb

adotar (first-person singular present adoto, first-person singular preterite adotei, past participle adotado)

  1. to adopt (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
  2. to apply an idea or concept
    A Rússia adotou o capitalismo em 1991.
    Russia adopted capitalism in 1991.

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