adoptar

Borrowed from Latin adoptāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ðupˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ðopˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.ðopˈtaɾ]

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• Homophone: adoptà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adoptí, past participle adoptat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to adopt (a child; an idea or style; a resolution)

• adopció

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

• portada, tapador

• IPA^(key): /ɐðɔpˈtaɾ/

adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adoptei, past participle adoptado)

1. to adopt (to take in and raise as one's own)

• “adoptar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Borrowed from Esperanto adopti, English adopt, French adopter, German adoptieren, Italian adottare, Spanish adoptar, ultimately from Latin adoptō.

• IPA^(key): /adopˈtar/

adoptar (present tense adoptas, past tense adoptis, future tense adoptos, imperative adoptez, conditional adoptus)

1. (transitive) to adopt

• adopto

adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adoptei, past participle adoptado)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of adotar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

• adoptável

Borrowed from Latin adoptāre. Cognate with English adopt.

• IPA^(key): /adobˈtaɾ/ [a.ð̞oβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧dop‧tar

adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adopté, past participle adoptado)

1. (transitive, law) to adopt (legally take in a child from other parents)

   Synonyms: ahijar, prohijar

2. (transitive) to adopt (select)
3. (transitive) to take (e.g. steps, measurements, action, position or view)

   adoptar una postura ― to take a stand/position

   adoptar medidas ― to take steps/measures

• “adoptar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014