adoptar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adoptāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.ðupˈta] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ðopˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.ðopˈtaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [a.ðopˈta] Homophone: adoptà Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adoptí, past participle adoptat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/ (transitive) to adopt (a child; an idea or style; a resolution) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== adopció === Further reading === “adoptar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 === Anagrams === portada, tapador == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɐðɔpˈtaɾ/ === Verb === adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adoptei, past participle adoptado) to adopt (to take in and raise as one's own) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “adoptar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Esperanto adopti, English adopt, French adopter, German adoptieren, Italian adottare, Spanish adoptar, ultimately from Latin adoptō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adopˈtar/ === Verb === adoptar (present tense adoptas, past tense adoptis, future tense adoptos, imperative adoptez, conditional adoptus) (transitive) to adopt ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== adopto == Portuguese == === Verb === adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adoptei, past participle adoptado) (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of adotar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “adoptar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adoptāre. Cognate with English adopt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adobˈtaɾ/ [a.ð̞oβ̞ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧dop‧tar === Verb === adoptar (first-person singular present adopto, first-person singular preterite adopté, past participle adoptado) (transitive, law) to adopt (legally take in a child from other parents) Synonyms: ahijar, prohijar (transitive) to adopt (select) (transitive) to take (e.g. steps, measurements, action, position or view) adoptar una postura ― to take a stand/position adoptar medidas ― to take steps/measures ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “adoptar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025