aprender

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin apprendere, alternative form of apprehendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apɾenˈdeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pren‧der

Verb

aprender

  1. learn (to acquire knowledge or ability)

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Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aprender (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin apprendere, alternative form of apprehendere. Doublet of aprehender, a borrowing. Compare Portuguese aprender.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apɾenˈdeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: a‧pren‧der

Verb

aprender (first-person singular present aprendo, first-person singular preterite aprendín, past participle aprendido, short past participle apreso)
aprender (first-person singular present aprendo, first-person singular preterite aprendim or aprendi, past participle aprendido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (transitive) to learn
    Synonym: deprender
  2. (transitive) to teach
    Synonym: ensinar
    O meu tío aprendeume a nadar.My uncle taught me to swim.

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Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish aprender, from Latin apprendere, alternative form of apprehendere.

Verb

aprender

  1. to learn

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin apprendere, alternative form of apprehendere.

Pronunciation

Verb

aprender

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to learn (to get knowledge)

Descendants

  • Galician: aprender
  • Portuguese: aprender

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aprender, from Latin apprendere, alternative form of apprehendere. Doublet of apreender, a borrowing. Compare Galician aprender.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧pren‧der

Verb

aprender (first-person singular present aprendo, first-person singular preterite aprendi, past participle aprendido)

  1. (transitive) to learn, to acquire knowledge
    Em dois anos, aprendi francês.
    In two years, I learned French.
    • 2003, Consuelo Rocha Dutra de Lara, A atual gestão do conhecimento, NBL Editora, →ISBN, page 65:
      Os gerentes do conhecimento buscam e codificam as lições aprendidas em suas unidades de negócios. Ou seja, colocam em um banco de dados as experiências de sucesso e experiências de fracasso, os erros e acertos. Essas "lições" de práticas são divulgadas na intranet da empresa.
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  2. (intransitive) to be able to learn
    Meu filho caçula aprende mais rápido que o irmão.
    My youngest son learns faster than his brother.

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish aprender, from Latin apprēndere, from earlier apprehendere. Doublet of aprehender, a borrowing. Cognate with English apprehend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apɾenˈdeɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pren‧der

Verb

aprender (first-person singular present aprendo, first-person singular preterite aprendí, past participle aprendido)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to learn (to acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something)
    Él está aprendiendo español.
    He's learning spanish now.
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to teach

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