apropiar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• apropriar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin appropriare, from Latin proprius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apɾoˈpjaɾ/ [a.pɾoˈpjaɾ]

Verb

1. to give, bestow
2. (reflexive) to seize, take hold of

Derived terms

• apropiado

Further reading

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