apresentar
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese apresentar, presentar, from Latin praesentāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧pre‧sen‧tar
Verb[edit]
apresentar (first-person singular present apresento, first-person singular preterite apresentei, past participle apresentado)
- (transitive) to introduce (to make multiple people become acquainted with one another)
- Fui eu que apresentei os noivos.
- I’m the one who introduced the fiancés.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun or ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a) to introduce; to present (to make (someone or someone) become acquainted to)
- Ela chegou e logo se apresentou.
- She arrived and soon afterwards introduced herself.
- Alguém deve apresentar o enviado ao rei.
- Someone should present the envoy to the king.
- (transitive) to present (to put (something) forward to be seen)
- Apresentamos o novo produto ao mercado.
- We presented the new product to the market.
- A acusação apresentou as evidências.
- The accusers presented their evidence.
- (transitive) to present (to give a presentation)
- Três doutorandos apresentarão suas teses amanhã.
- Three doctorate students will present their theses tomorrow.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to perform (to do something in front of an audience)
- Venha ver minha banda se apresentar sábado.
- Come see my band perform Saturday.
- (transitive) to exhibit (to have as a characteristic)
- O corpo apresentava vários buracos de bala.
- The corpse exhibited various bulletholes.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of apresentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:apresentar.
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