aposta

See also: apostá, apostà, and a posta

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əˈpo̞s.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əˈpɔs.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈpɔs.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from aposta.

Noun

aposta f (plural apostes)

1. bet, wager

   Synonym: juguesca

Related terms

• apostar

Etymology 2

Verb

aposta

1. inflection of apostar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: apostas, apostât

Verb

aposta

1. third-person singular past historic of aposter

Galician

Verb

aposta

1. inflection of apostar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ladin

Adjective

aposta

1. feminine singular of apost

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔʃ.tɐ/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɔʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɔʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧ta

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin appositus

Portuguese aposto

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Latin -am

Old Galician-Portuguese -a

Portuguese -a

Portuguese aposta

From aposto (“apposed, put next to”) + -a (forms feminine nouns).

Noun

aposta f (plural apostas)

1. bet (a wager)
2. investment

   Synonym: investimento

3. commitment
4. focus

Derived terms

• apostar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aposta

1. inflection of apostar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

aposta

1. feminine singular of aposto

Participle

aposta

1. feminine singular of aposto

Further reading

• “aposta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aposta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈposta/ [aˈpos.t̪a]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -osta
• Syllabification: a‧pos‧ta
• Homophone: a posta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian apposta.

Alternative forms

• a posta (chiefly informal writing)

Adverb

aposta

1. (Spain, colloquial) on purpose

   Synonyms: a propósito, adrede

Related terms

• (Argentina, colloquial) posta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aposta

1. inflection of apostar (“to post, to assign to a station”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “aposta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025