adotar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese adoutar, from Latin adoptāre, present active infinitive of adoptō.

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): [adoˈta(ɹ)]
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): [adoˈta(ɻ)]
  • (Carioca) IPA(key): [adoˈta(χ)]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): [ɐðɔˈtaɾ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧do‧tar

Verb

adotar (first-person singular present indicative adoto, 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

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