aposto

See also: apostó

Catalan

Verb

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese aposto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin appositus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈpɔstʊ]

Adjective

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas)

1. handsome, good-looking

   Synonyms: fermoso, gallardo

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:

     quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo

     who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or gentle or wicked

Etymology 2

Participle

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas)

1. past participle of apoñer
2. past participle of apor

Etymology 3

Verb

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “aposto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “aposto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aposto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aposto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin appositus.

Alternative forms

• apôsto (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈpoʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpoʃ.tu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧to

Adjective

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas, metaphonic)

1. apposed (placed next or near to)
2. apposed (placed side by side)

Noun

aposto m (plural apostos, metaphonic)

1. (grammar) noun or noun phrase in apposition

Participle

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas, metaphonic)

1. past participle of apor

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɔʃ.tu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔstu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɔʃtu
• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧to

Verb

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar

Further reading

• “aposto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “aposto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “aposto”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “aposto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “aposto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar (“to post, to assign to a station”)