apostatar

Catalan

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin apostatāre, present active infinitive of apostatō (“I forsake my religion, apostatize”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστατέω (apostatéō, “stand aloof from; fall away (from the divine)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.pus.təˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.pos.təˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.pos.taˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: apostatà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

apostatar (first-person singular present apostato, first-person singular preterite apostatí, past participle apostatat)

1. to apostatize

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin apostatāre, present active infinitive of apostatō (“I forsake my religion, apostatize”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστατέω (apostatéō, “stand aloof from; fall away (from the divine)”).

Verb

1. to commit apostasy
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Spanish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin apostatāre, present active infinitive of apostatō (“I forsake my religion, apostatize”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστατέω (apostatéō, “stand aloof from; fall away (from the divine)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apostaˈtaɾ/ [a.pos.t̪aˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to apostatize

Related terms

• apostasía
• apóstata

Further reading

• “apostatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014