apel·lar

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan apellar, from Latin appellāre. The contemporary Latinised pronunciation (with geminate /ll/ rather than historic /ʎ/) is due to its use in predominantly legal contexts.

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Verb

apel·lar (first-person singular present apel·lo, first-person singular preterite apel·lí, past participle apel·lat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (intransitive) to appeal ; to call upon
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to resort
    sense apel·lar a altres recursoswithout resorting to other means

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