adquirir

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adquīrere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ət.kiˈɾi] IPA(key): (Valencia) [at.kiˈɾiɾ] === Verb === adquirir (first-person singular present adquireixo, first-person singular preterite adquirí, past participle adquirit) (transitive) to acquire (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== adquisició === Further reading === “adquirir”, 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 “adquirir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “adquirir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “adquirir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adkiˈɾiɾ/ [að̞.kiˈɾiɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Hyphenation: ad‧qui‧rir === Verb === adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquirín, past participle adquirido) adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquirim or adquiri, past participle adquirido, reintegrationist norm) to acquire (to get as one's own) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “adquirir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “adquirir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adquīrere, with a change in conjugation. Cognate of Spanish adquirir, French acquérir and English acquire. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ad‧qui‧rir === Verb === adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquiri, past participle adquirido) to acquire, get, obtain, procure Synonyms: conseguir, obter, arrumar to purchase, buy Synonym: comprar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “adquirir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “adquirir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adquīrere. Attested from the fifteenth century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adkiˈɾiɾ/ [að̞.kiˈɾiɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: ad‧qui‧rir === Verb === adquirir (first-person singular present adquiero, first-person singular preterite adquirí, past participle adquirido) (transitive) to acquire Synonym: conseguir (transitive) to buy Synonym: comprar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “adquirir”, 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