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Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + paixão + -ar. Compare Spanish apasionar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧pai‧xo‧nar
Verb
apaixonar (first-person singular present apaixono, first-person singular preterite apaixonei, past participle apaixonado)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fall in love (to come to have feelings of love towards each other)
Eles se casaram faz tempo mas foi só agora que realmente se apaixonaram.- They got married a long time ago but it was just now that they truly fell in love.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with por) to fall in love with (to come to have feelings of love towards)
Eu achei que ela tinha se apaixonado por mim.- I thought she had fallen in love with me.
- (relatively uncommon, transitive) to make someone fall in love
Essa poção apaixona qualquer um!- This potion can make anyone fall in love!
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.