aproximar

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Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

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aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximí, past participle aproximat)

  1. (transitive) to bring close or closer
  2. (reflexive) to come close or closer, to approach

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

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aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximei, past participle aproximado)

  1. (pronominal) to approach (to get closer to) [with de ‘someone, something or a location’]
    Não se aproxime daquela região, está contaminada.
    Don’t approach that region, it’s contaminated.
  2. (pronominal) to approach (to come nearer)
    Podem se aproximar, não estou armado.
    You can approach, I’m not armed.
  3. (transitive) to approach (to make things get nearer)
    É difícil aproximar os polos iguais de um par de ímãs.
    It’s hard to put the equal poles of a pair of magnets near one another.
  4. (transitive) to approximate; to estimate (to calculate roughly)
    Não tivemos tempo para medir a área então aproximamos um valor.
    We didn’t have time to measure the area, so we estimated a value.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

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  • IPA(key): /apɾoɡsiˈmaɾ/ [a.pɾoɣ̞.siˈmaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pro‧xi‧mar

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aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximé, past participle aproximado)

  1. to approach
    Synonyms: acercar, arrimar
  2. (mathematics) to approximate

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