apertar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apretar, from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus.

Verb

1. (transitive) to press
2. (transitive) to squeeze
3. (transitive) to tighten
4. (transitive) to wring

   Synonyms: espremer, premer

5. (transitive) to pressure, put pressure on
6. (intransitive) to hurry

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English aperture, French aperture, Italian apertura, Russian аперту́ра (apertúra), Spanish apertura, ultimately from Latin apertus, perfect passive participle of aperiō (“I open; I uncover”). Compare Esperanto aperti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aperˈtar/

Verb

apertar (present apertas, past apertis, future apertos, conditional apertus, imperative apertez)

1. (transitive, also figuratively) to open, unclose

   Antonym: klozar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apertar

		present		past		future
infinitive		apertar		apertir		apertor
tense		apertas		apertis		apertos
conditional		apertus
imperative		apertez
adjective active participle		apertanta		apertinta		apertonta
adverbial active participle		apertante		apertinte		apertonte
nominal active participle	singular	apertanto		apertinto		apertonto
	plural	apertanti		apertinti		apertonti
adjective passive participle		apertata		apertita		apertota
adverbial passive participle		apertate		apertite		apertote
nominal passive participle	singular	apertato		apertito		apertoto
	plural	apertati		apertiti		apertoti

Derived terms

• aperte (“openly, plainly, frankly”)
• apertiva (“aperient, laxative”, adjective)
• apertivo (“aperient, laxative”, noun)
• aperto (“opening”)
• aperturo (“aperture, hole, gap”)
• miapertar (“to half open”)
• paf-aperturo (“loophole”)
• riapertar (“to reopen, open again”)

 

See also

• desklozar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apretar, from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɨɾ.ˈtaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /a.peʁ.ˈta(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: a‧per‧tar

Verb

1. to tighten
2. to press, clasp, clamp
3. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:apertar.

Related terms

• peito
• perto
• preto