adquirir

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin adquīrere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

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adquirir (first-person singular present adquireixo, first-person singular preterite adquirí, past participle adquirit)

  1. (transitive) to acquire (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /adkiˈɾiɾ/ [að̞.kiˈɾiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Hyphenation: ad‧qui‧rir

Verb

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adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquirín, past participle adquirido)
adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquirim or adquiri, past participle adquirido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to acquire (to get as one's own)

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin adquīrere, with a change in conjugation. Cognate of Spanish adquirir, French acquérir and English acquire.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(h)], /ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(ɾ)/, /ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(χ)], /ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ad͡ʒ.kiˈɾi(ɻ)/, /a.d͡ʒi.kiˈɾi(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dkiˈɾiɾ/ [ɐ.ðkiˈɾiɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dkiˈɾi.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðkiˈɾi.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: ad‧qui‧rir

Verb

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adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquiri, past participle adquirido)

  1. to acquire, get, obtain, procure
    Synonyms: conseguir, obter, arrumar
  2. to purchase, buy
    Synonym: comprar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin adquīrere. Attested from the fifteenth century.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /adkiˈɾiɾ/ [að̞.kiˈɾiɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: ad‧qui‧rir

Verb

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adquirir (first-person singular present adquiero, first-person singular preterite adquirí, past participle adquirido)

  1. (transitive) to acquire
    Synonym: conseguir
  2. (transitive) to buy
    Synonym: comprar

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “querer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 719

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