adoptar

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adoptí, past participle adoptat)

1. to adopt

Further reading

• “adoptar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Ido

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

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Portuguese

Verb

1. Superseded spelling of adotar.

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adoptāre, present active infinitive of adoptō. Cognate with English adopt.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

1. (transitive) to adopt (legally take in a child from other parents)
2. (transitive) to adopt (to select)
3. (transitive) to take (e.g. steps, measurements, action, position or view)

Synonyms

• (legally take in a child): ahijar, prohijar

Derived terms

• adoptar una postura (“to take a stand, to take a position”)
• adoptar medidas (“to take steps, to take measures, to take action”)

Related terms

• adopción
• adoptable
• adoptante
• adoptivo

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001