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)
- to adopt (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- to apply an idea or concept
- A Rússia adotou o capitalismo em 1991.
- Russia adopted capitalism in 1991.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- readotar
Further reading
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