aprontar

Attested since the 19th century. From a- +‎ pronto (“ready”) +‎ -ar.

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aprontar (first-person singular present apronto, first-person singular preterite aprontei, past participle aprontado)

1. (of money) to hand over, deliver quickly

   Synonym: entregar

   • 1820, anonymous author, Diálogo entre Dominjos è Farruco:

     pro dali à poucos dias dixônos, que aqueles eran poucos cartos, è que non chejaban, quelle aprontasemos mais

     but just a few days later he told us that this was little money, that it was not enough, that we must give more to him

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aprontar”, 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), “aprontar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From a- (“ready”) +‎ pronto +‎ -ar.

aprontar

1. to prepare

   Synonym: aparejar

From a- +‎ pronto (“ready”) +‎ -ar.

aprontar (first-person singular present apronto, first-person singular preterite aprontei, past participle aprontado)

1. to prepare (make ready for a specific future purpose)

   Synonym: preparar

   Apronta o tabuleiro para podermos jogar. ― Prepare the board so we can play.

2. (specifically) to prepare for a trip

   Apronte-se, vamos a Berlim. ― Prepare yourself, we’re going to Berlin.

   Aprontamos o navio para a expedição. ― We prepared to ship for the expedition.

3. to prepare (make something for eating or drinking)

   Synonyms: fazer, preparar

   Aprontei um jantar e um café. ― I prepared dinner and coffee.

4. to dress someone up (wear fancy dress)

   Synonym: arrumar

   Ela aprontou seu filho para a festa dele. ― She dressed up her son for his party.

5. to finish doing something (especially writing a document, report, etc.)

   Synonyms: acabar, concluir, terminar

   Finalmente aprontei o relatório. ― I finally finished the report.

6. (Brazil) to do something mischievous

   Pirralhos gostam de aprontar. ― Brats like to do mischievous things.

7. (Brazil, in gerund) to be up to something

   Ele está aprontando. ― He is up to something.

From a- (“ready”) +‎ pronto +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /apɾonˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pron‧tar

aprontar (first-person singular present apronto, first-person singular preterite apronté, past participle aprontado)

1. to prepare quickly
2. (reflexive) to quickly get ready

• “aprontar”, 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