aproximar

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximí, past participle aproximat)

1. (transitive) to bring close or closer
2. (reflexive) to come close or closer, to approach

• aproximament

• “aproximar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pɾɔ.si.ˈma(h)/
• Hyphenation: a‧pro‧xi‧mar

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximei, past participle aproximado)

2. (pronominal) to approach (to get closer to)

   Não se aproxime daquela região, está contaminada.

   Don’t approach that region, it’s contaminated.

4. (pronominal) to approach (to come nearer)

   Podem se aproximar, não estou armado.

   You can approach, I’m not armed.

6. (transitive) to approach (to make things get nearer)

   É difícil aproximar os polos iguais de um par de ímãs.

   It’s hard to put the equal poles of a pair of magnets near one another.

8. (transitive) to approximate; to estimate (to calculate roughly)

   Não tivemos tempo para medir a área então aproximamos um valor.

   We didn’t have time to measure the area, so we estimated a value.

• “aproximar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “aproximar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

• IPA^(key): /apɾoɡsiˈmaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pro‧xi‧mar

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximé, past participle aproximado)

1. to approach

   Synonyms: acercar, arrimar

2. (mathematics) to approximate

• “aproximar”, 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