apropiar

Borrowed from Latin appropriare. Equivalent to a- +‎ propi +‎ -ar.

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• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

apropiar (first-person singular present apropio, first-person singular preterite apropií, past participle apropiat)

1. (transitive) to adapt, to (make) fit, to apply
2. (reflexive) to appropriate

   Es va apropiar de les idees d'un altre eminent científic.

   He appropriated the ideas of another eminent scientist.

• apropiat
• apropiatiu

• “apropiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• apropriar (obsolete)

Borrowed from Late Latin appropriare, from Latin proprius.

• IPA^(key): /apɾoˈpjaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pro‧piar

apropiar (first-person singular present apropio, first-person singular preterite apropié, past participle apropiado)

1. to give, bestow
2. (reflexive) to seize, take hold of

• “apropiar”, 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