Jump to content

adotar

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Portuguese

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese adoutar, from Latin adoptāre.

Pronunciation

[edit]
 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɔˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.ðɔˈtaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɔˈta.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðɔˈta.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: a‧do‧tar

Verb

[edit]

adotar (first-person singular present adoto, first-person singular preterite adotei, past participle adotado)

  1. to adopt (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
  2. to apply an idea or concept
    A Rússia adotou o capitalismo em 1991.
    Russia adopted capitalism in 1991.

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

Further reading

[edit]