apostar

From a derivative of pondre (past participle post), or from a Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus.

apostar (first-person singular present aposto, past participle apostat)

1. to bet

• aposta

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese; probably from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus (“appropriate; fit”), or from aposta (“bet”).

• IPA^(key): /aposˈtaɾ/

apostar (first-person singular present aposto, first-person singular preterite apostei, past participle apostado)

1. (archaic) to repair

   Synonyms: arranxar, reparar

2. (archaic) to prepare
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 123:

     logo todos ordenaron que fesesen as paandeiras o pan do dia, triigo de tres onças, ben apostado e ben linpo e de boa masa

     after this everyone ordered the bakers to make the daily bread, wheat of three ounces, well prepared and very clean and of good dough

   Synonym: preparar

3. (archaic) to adorn; to beautify

   Synonym: ornar

4. to dispose (to distribute and put in place)
5. to gut and clean fish for its preservation
6. to bet (to make a guess about the outcome of an event)
7. to bet (be quite certain of something)

• “apostar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “apost” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “apostar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “apostar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “apostar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From aposta (“bet”) +‎ -ar or from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˌɐ.puʃ.ˈtaɾ]
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): [ˌa.pos.ˈta(ɹ)]
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌa.pos.ˈta(ɻ)]
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): [ˌa.poʃ.ˈta(χ)]
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [ˌa.pʊs.ˈtaː]
• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧tar

apostar (first-person singular present indicative aposto, past participle apostado)

1. to bet (to make a guess about the outcome of an event)
2. to bet (be quite certain of something)
3. (transitive with em) to invest

• aposta, apostador, apostado

From apuesta (“bet”) +‎ -ar or from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus.

apostar (first-person singular present apuesto, first-person singular preterite aposté, past participle apostado)

1. (transitive) to bet

• Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables.

• apuesta
• apuesto
• apostura