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aceitar

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Galician

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aceitar, from Latin acceptō, acceptāre.

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    • IPA(key): (standard) /aθejˈtaɾ/ [a.θejˈt̪aɾ]
    • IPA(key): (seseo) /asejˈtaɾ/ [a.sejˈt̪aɾ]

    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Hyphenation: a‧cei‧tar

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    aceitar (first-person singular present aceito, first-person singular preterite aceitei, past participle aceitado)

    1. alternative form of aceptar
    2. reintegrationist spelling of aceptar

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese aceitar, from Latin acceptāre. The short past participle is directly from accipere, the source of acceptāre.

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    • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: a‧cei‧tar

    Verb

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    aceitar (first-person singular present aceito, first-person singular preterite aceitei, past participle aceitado, short past participle (Brazil) aceito or (Portugal) aceite)

    1. to accept
      • 1908, Antonio de Albuquerque, O Marquez da Bacalhôa‎[1], Brussels: Imprimérie Liberté, page 97:
        — Mas que havia elle de fazer, senão acceitar o offerecimento do marquez, visto não o deixarem voltar para o seu governo?
        “But what should he have done other than accept the marquess’s offering, seeing as they wouldn’t allow him back in his government?”
    2. to receive

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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      From aceite + -ar.

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      aceitar (first-person singular present aceito, first-person singular preterite aceité, past participle aceitado)

      1. (transitive) to oil
      2. (Latin America, transitive) to bribe
        Synonym: sobornar

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