apertar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apretar, perhaps from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

apertar (first-person singular present aperto, first-person singular preterite apertei, past participle apertado)

1. (transitive) to press
2. (transitive) to squeeze
3. (transitive) to tighten
4. (transitive) to shake hands
5. (transitive) to hug
6. (transitive) to wring

   Synonyms: espremer, premer

7. (transitive) to pressure, put pressure on
8. (intransitive) to hurry
9. (intransitive, of shoes) to be tight

Conjugation

References

• “apertar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “apert” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “apertar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “apertar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “apertar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “apertar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French apertura, German аперту́ра, Italian apertura, ultimately from Latin apertus, perfect passive participle of aperiō (“I open; I uncover”). Compare Esperanto aperti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aperˈtar/

Verb

apertar (present apertas, past apertis, future apertos, conditional apertus, imperative apertez)

1. (transitive, also figuratively) to open, unclose

   Antonym: klozar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apertar

		present		past		future
infinitive		apertar		apertir		apertor
tense		apertas		apertis		apertos
conditional		apertus
imperative		apertez
adjective active participle		apertanta		apertinta		apertonta
adverbial active participle		apertante		apertinte		apertonte
nominal active participle	singular	apertanto		apertinto		apertonto
	plural	apertanti		apertinti		apertonti
adjective passive participle		apertata		apertita		apertota
adverbial passive participle		apertate		apertite		apertote
nominal passive participle	singular	apertato		apertito		apertoto
	plural	apertati		apertiti		apertoti

Derived terms

See also

• desklozar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apretar, from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧per‧tar

Verb

apertar (first-person singular present aperto, first-person singular preterite apertei, past participle apertado)

1. to tighten
2. to press, clasp, clamp
3. (Brazil, slang, intransitive) to roll (a joint, a marijuana cigarette)

   Synonym: bolar

   • 1986, “Malandragem Dá Um Tempo”, in Alô Malandragem, Maloca o Flagrante, performed by Bezerra da Silva:

     Vou apertar
     Mas não vou acender agora
     Se segura, malandro
     Pra fazer cabeça tem hora

     I will roll (a joint)
     But I will not light it now
     Hold yourself, malandro
     You should smoke at the right time (lit.: There is time to "make head" )

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:apertar.

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