aproximar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.pɾuk.siˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.pɾok.siˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.pɾok.siˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin approximāre, present active infinitive of approximō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɾɔ.si.ˈmaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /a.pɾo.si.ˈma(χ)/, /a.pɾo.si.ˈma(ɾ)/
  • IPA^(key): /a.pɾɔ.si.ˈma(h)/
• Hyphenation: a‧pro‧xi‧mar

Verb

2. Template:indtr to approach (to get closer to)

   Não se aproxime daquela região, está contaminada.

   Don’t approach that region, it’s contaminated.

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to approach (to come nearer)

   Podem se aproximar, não estou armado.

   You can approach, I’m not armed.

6. (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.

8. (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.

Derived terms

• aproximação
• aproximado

 

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Spanish

Etymology

a- +‎ próximo +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apɾoɡsiˈmaɾ/ [a.pɾoɣ̞.siˈmaɾ]

Verb

1. to approach
2. (mathematics) to approximate

Derived terms

• aproximación
• aproximado
• aproximamiento
• aproximante

Further reading

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