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Verb
aposto
- first-person singular present indicative of apostar
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese aposto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin appositus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas)
- handsome, good-looking
- Synonyms: fermoso, gallardo
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo- who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or gentle or wicked
Etymology 2
Participle
aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas)
- past participle of apoñer
- past participle of apor
Etymology 3
Verb
aposto
- first-person singular present indicative of apostar
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aposto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aposto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aposto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aposto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Latin appositus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas, metaphonic)
- at the ready
Participle
aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas, metaphonic)
- past participle of apor
Noun
aposto m (plural apostos, metaphonic)
- (grammar) noun in apposition
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
aposto
- first-person singular present indicative of apostar
Spanish
Verb
aposto
- first-person singular present indicative of apostar (“to post, to assign to a station”)