aposto

See also: apostó

Catalan

Verb

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese aposto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin appositus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈpɔstʊ]

Adjective

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas)

1. handsome, good-looking

   Synonyms: fermoso, gallardo

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:

     quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo

     who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or gentle or wicked

Etymology 2

Participle

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas)

1. past participle of apoñer
2. past participle of apor

Etymology 3

Verb

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aposto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aposto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “aposto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “aposto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin appositus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈpoʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpoʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧to

Adjective

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas, metaphonic)

1. at the ready

Participle

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas, metaphonic)

1. past participle of apor

Noun

aposto m (plural apostos, metaphonic)

1. (grammar) noun in apposition

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɔʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧to

Verb

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar

Spanish

Verb

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar (“to post, to assign to a station”)