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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin appropriāre, from Latin proprius.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pɾo.pɾiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.pɾoˈpɾja(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pɾo.pɾiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.pɾoˈpɾja(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.pɾo.pɾiˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.pɾoˈpɾja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.pɾo.pɾiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.pɾoˈpɾja(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pɾo.pɾiˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.pɾoˈpɾja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾu.pɾiˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐ.pɾuˈpɾjaɾ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾu.pɾiˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐ.pɾuˈpɾjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾu.pɾiˈa.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐ.pɾuˈpɾja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧pro‧pri‧ar
Verb
apropriar (first-person singular present aproprio, first-person singular preterite apropriei, past participle apropriado)
- (transitive) to suit; to adapt (to make suitable)
- Synonym: adaptar
- (pronominal) to appropriate (to take for oneself)
- Synonym: apoderar-se de
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apɾoˈpɾjaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pro‧priar
Verb
apropriar (first-person singular present aproprio, first-person singular preterite aproprié, past participle apropriado)
- Obsolete form of apropiar.
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.