apoderar

From a- +‎ poder +‎ -ar.

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

apoderar (first-person singular present apodero, first-person singular preterite apoderí, past participle apoderat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (obsolete, transitive) to overpower
2. (transitive) to delegate authority to, to empower (to act on one's behalf)
3. (pronominal) to seize

• apoderament
• apoderat

• “apoderar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese apoderar, corresponding to a- +‎ poder (“power”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧po‧de‧rar

apoderar (first-person singular present apodero, first-person singular preterite apoderei, past participle apoderado)

1. (pronominal) to seize (to take possession of)

   Synonym: tomar posse de

   O imperador apoderou-se dos territórios vizinhos.

   The emperor seized neighbouring territories.

2. (figurative, pronominal) to seize (to have a sudden and powerful effect upon)

   Synonyms: dominar, controlar, tomar conta de

   Não posso deixar o medo apoderar-se de mim.

   I can’t let fear seize me.

From a- +‎ poder (“power”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /apodeˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧po‧de‧rar

apoderar (first-person singular present apodero, first-person singular preterite apoderé, past participle apoderado)

1. to empower
2. (reflexive) to seize, to gain, to get hold of, to get one's hands on
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 16:

     Pierde su tiempo el individuo que trata de apoderarse del tesoro sin el beneplácito de su guardador.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (reflexive) to take control, to take possession

• “apoderar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “apoderar” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.