apostar

Catalan

Etymology

From a derivative of pondre (past participle post), or from a Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus.

Verb

apostar (first-person singular present aposto, first-person singular preterite apostí, past participle apostat)

1. to bet

Related terms

• aposta

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese; probably from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus (“appropriate; fit”), or from aposta (“bet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aposˈtaɾ/

Verb

1. (archaic) to repair

   Synonyms: arranxar, reparar

2. (archaic) to prepare
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 123:

     logo todos ordenaron que fesesen as paandeiras o pan do dia, triigo de tres onças, ben apostado e ben linpo e de boa masa

     after this everyone ordered the bakers to make the daily bread, wheat of three ounces, well prepared and very clean and of good dough

   Synonym: preparar

3. (archaic) to adorn; to beautify

   Synonym: ornar

4. to dispose (to distribute and put in place)
5. to gut and clean fish for its preservation
6. to bet (to make a guess about the outcome of an event)
7. to bet (be quite certain of something)

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “apost”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apostar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From aposta (“bet”) +‎ -ar or from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌɐ.puʃ.ˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): [a.pos.ˈta(ʁ)]
• IPA^(key): [ˌa.pos.ˈta(ɹ)]
• IPA^(key): [ˌa.pos.ˈta(ɻ)]
• IPA^(key): [ˌa.poʃ.ˈta(χ)]
• IPA^(key): [ˌa.pʊs.ˈtaː]
• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧tar

Verb

1. to bet (to make a guess about the outcome of an event)
2. to bet (be quite certain of something)
3. Template:indtr to invest

Related terms

• aposta, apostador, apostado

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aposˈtaɾ/ [a.posˈt̪aɾ]

Etymology 1

From apuesta (“bet”) +‎ -ar or from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus.

Verb

1. (transitive) to bet

Derived terms

• apostador
• apostante
• apuesta

Related terms

• aponer
• apostura
• apuesto

Etymology 2

From earlier postar, from posta.

Verb

1. (transitive) to post (to assign to a station; to set; to place)

Derived terms

• apostadero

Further reading

• “apostar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28