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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin apprehendere. Doublet of aprender.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ , /a.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ , /a.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɾ)/, /a.pɾi.ẽˈde(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.pɾjẽˈde(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ , /a.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾi.ẽˈdeɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐ.pɾjẽˈdeɾ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾi.ẽˈdeɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐ.pɾjẽˈdeɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾi.ẽˈde.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐ.pɾjẽˈde.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧pre‧en‧der
Verb
apreender (first-person singular present apreendo, first-person singular preterite apreendi, past participle apreendido)
- (transitive) to apprehend (to take or seize; to take hold of)
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