adoptar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adoptāre.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Homophone: adoptà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adoptar (first conjugation)

infinitive			adoptar
gerund			adoptant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adoptat		adoptada
		plural		adoptats		adoptades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adopto	adoptes	adopta	adoptem	adopteu	adopten
	imperfect	adoptava	adoptaves	adoptava	adoptàvem	adoptàveu	adoptaven
	future	adoptaré	adoptaràs	adoptarà	adoptarem	adoptareu	adoptaran
	preterite	adoptí	adoptares	adoptà	adoptàrem	adoptàreu	adoptaren
	conditional	adoptaria	adoptaries	adoptaria	adoptaríem	adoptaríeu	adoptarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adopti	adoptis	adopti	adoptem	adopteu	adoptin
	imperfect	adoptés	adoptessis	adoptés	adoptéssim	adoptéssiu	adoptessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	adopta	adopti	adoptem	adopteu	adoptin
	negative (no)	—	no adoptis	no adopti	no adoptem	no adopteu	no adoptin

Related terms

• adopció

Further reading

• “adoptar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Anagrams

• portada, tapador

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐðɔpˈtaɾ/

Verb

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)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adoptar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	adoptar
Personal	adoptar	adoptares	adoptar	adoptarmos	adoptardes	adoptaren
Gerund
	adoptando
Past participle
Masculine	adoptado			adoptados
Feminine	adoptada			adoptadas
Indicative
Present	adopto	adoptas	adopta	adoptamos	adoptades	adoptan
Imperfect	adoptaba	adoptabas	adoptaba	adoptabamos	adoptabades	adoptaban
Preterite	adoptei	adoptaches	adoptou	adoptamos	adoptastes	adoptaron
Pluperfect	adoptara	adoptaras	adoptara	adoptaramos	adoptarades	adoptaran
Future	adoptarei	adoptarás	adoptará	adoptaremos	adoptaredes	adoptarán
Conditional	adoptaría	adoptarías	adoptaría	adoptariamos	adoptariades	adoptarían
Subjunctive
Present	adopte	adoptes	adopte	adoptemos	adoptedes	adopten
Imperfect	adoptase	adoptases	adoptase	adoptásemos	adoptásedes	adoptasen
Future	adoptar	adoptares	adoptar	adoptarmos	adoptardes	adoptaren
Imperative
Affirmative		adopta	adopte	adoptemos	adoptade	adopten
Negative (non)		non adoptes	non adopte	non adoptemos	non adoptedes	non adopten

Further reading

• “adoptar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adopˈtar/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to adopt

Conjugation

Conjugation of adoptar

		present		past		future
infinitive		adoptar		adoptir		adoptor
tense		adoptas		adoptis		adoptos
conditional		adoptus		—		—
imperative		adoptez		—		—
adjective active participle		adoptanta		adoptinta		adoptonta
adverbial active participle		adoptante		adoptinte		adoptonte
nominal active participle	singular	adoptanto		adoptinto		adoptonto
	plural	adoptanti		adoptinti		adoptonti
adjective passive participle		adoptata		adoptita		adoptota
adverbial passive participle		adoptate		adoptite		adoptote
nominal passive participle	singular	adoptato		adoptito		adoptoto
	plural	adoptati		adoptiti		adoptoti

Related terms

• adopto

Portuguese

Verb

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

1. (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of adotar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adoptar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	adoptar
Personal	adoptar	adoptares	adoptar	adoptarmos	adoptardes	adoptarem
Gerund
	adoptando
Past participle
Masculine	adoptado			adoptados
Feminine	adoptada			adoptadas
Indicative
Present	adopto	adoptas	adopta	adoptamos	adoptais	adoptam
Imperfect	adoptava	adoptavas	adoptava	adoptávamos	adoptáveis	adoptavam
Preterite	adoptei	adoptaste	adoptou	adoptamos1, adoptámos2	adoptastes	adoptaram
Pluperfect	adoptara	adoptaras	adoptara	adoptáramos	adoptáreis	adoptaram
Future	adoptarei	adoptarás	adoptará	adoptaremos	adoptareis	adoptarão
Conditional	adoptaria	adoptarias	adoptaria	adoptaríamos	adoptaríeis	adoptariam
Subjunctive
Present	adopte	adoptes	adopte	adoptemos	adopteis	adoptem
Imperfect	adoptasse	adoptasses	adoptasse	adoptássemos	adoptásseis	adoptassem
Future	adoptar	adoptares	adoptar	adoptarmos	adoptardes	adoptarem
Imperative
Affirmative		adopta	adopte	adoptemos	adoptai	adoptem
Negative (não)		não adoptes	não adopte	não adoptemos	não adopteis	não adoptem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adoptāre. Cognate with English adopt.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adoptar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			adoptar
gerund			adoptando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adoptado		adoptada
		plural		adoptados		adoptadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adopto	adoptastú adoptásvos	adopta	adoptamos	adoptáis	adoptan
	imperfect	adoptaba	adoptabas	adoptaba	adoptábamos	adoptabais	adoptaban
	preterite	adopté	adoptaste	adoptó	adoptamos	adoptasteis	adoptaron
	future	adoptaré	adoptarás	adoptará	adoptaremos	adoptaréis	adoptarán
	conditional	adoptaría	adoptarías	adoptaría	adoptaríamos	adoptaríais	adoptarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adopte	adoptestú adoptésvos2	adopte	adoptemos	adoptéis	adopten
	imperfect (ra)	adoptara	adoptaras	adoptara	adoptáramos	adoptarais	adoptaran
	imperfect (se)	adoptase	adoptases	adoptase	adoptásemos	adoptaseis	adoptasen
	future1	adoptare	adoptares	adoptare	adoptáremos	adoptareis	adoptaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		adoptatú adoptávos	adopte	adoptemos	adoptad	adopten
	negative		no adoptes	no adopte	no adoptemos	no adoptéis	no adopten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of adoptar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive adoptar	dative	adoptarme	adoptarte	adoptarle, adoptarse	adoptarnos	adoptaros	adoptarles, adoptarse
	accusative	adoptarme	adoptarte	adoptarlo, adoptarla, adoptarse	adoptarnos	adoptaros	adoptarlos, adoptarlas, adoptarse
with gerund adoptando	dative	adoptándome	adoptándote	adoptándole, adoptándose	adoptándonos	adoptándoos	adoptándoles, adoptándose
	accusative	adoptándome	adoptándote	adoptándolo, adoptándola, adoptándose	adoptándonos	adoptándoos	adoptándolos, adoptándolas, adoptándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative adopta	dative	adóptame	adóptate	adóptale	adóptanos	not used	adóptales
	accusative	adóptame	adóptate	adóptalo, adóptala	adóptanos	not used	adóptalos, adóptalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative adoptá	dative	adoptame	adoptate	adoptale	adoptanos	not used	adoptales
	accusative	adoptame	adoptate	adoptalo, adoptala	adoptanos	not used	adoptalos, adoptalas
with formal second-person singular imperative adopte	dative	adópteme	not used	adóptele, adóptese	adóptenos	not used	adópteles
	accusative	adópteme	not used	adóptelo, adóptela, adóptese	adóptenos	not used	adóptelos, adóptelas
with first-person plural imperative adoptemos	dative	not used	adoptémoste	adoptémosle	adoptémonos	adoptémoos	adoptémosles
	accusative	not used	adoptémoste	adoptémoslo, adoptémosla	adoptémonos	adoptémoos	adoptémoslos, adoptémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative adoptad	dative	adoptadme	not used	adoptadle	adoptadnos	adoptaos	adoptadles
	accusative	adoptadme	not used	adoptadlo, adoptadla	adoptadnos	adoptaos	adoptadlos, adoptadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative adopten	dative	adóptenme	not used	adóptenle	adóptennos	not used	adóptenles, adóptense
	accusative	adóptenme	not used	adóptenlo, adóptenla	adóptennos	not used	adóptenlos, adóptenlas, adóptense

Related terms

• adopción
• adoptable
• adoptador
• adoptante
• adoptivo

Further reading

• “adoptar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024