adotar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese adoutar, from Latin adoptāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.doˈta(ʁ)/ [a.doˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.doˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.doˈta(ʁ)/ [a.doˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.doˈta(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɔˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.ðɔˈtaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɔˈta.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðɔˈta.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: a‧do‧tar

Verb

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

Derived terms

  • readotar

Further reading

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