asumir

• assumir (Reintegrationist)

From Latin assūmō.

asumir (first-person singular present asumo, first-person singular preterite asumín, past participle asumido)

1. to assume, take on

• asumible

• asunción

• “asumir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

From Latin assūmere, present active infinitive of assūmō, from ad- + sūmō.

• IPA^(key): /asuˈmiɾ/

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧su‧mir

asumir (first-person singular present asumo, first-person singular preterite asumí, past participle asumido)

1. (of a duty or position) to assume, take on

   asumir la culpa ― to take the fall / blame

• Asumir is a false friend, and does not mean assume in the sense of to suppose, take as given. The Spanish word for assume in that sense is suponer.

• “asumir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28