adotar
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Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese adoutar, from Latin adoptāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧do‧tar
Verb[edit]
adotar (first-person singular present adoto, first-person singular preterite adotei, past participle adotado)
- to adopt (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- to apply an idea or concept
- A Rússia adotou o capitalismo em 1991.
- Russia adopted capitalism in 1991.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of adotar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.