aperturar

From apertura +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /apeɾtuˈɾaɾ/ [a.peɾ.t̪uˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧per‧tu‧rar

aperturar (first-person singular present aperturo, first-person singular preterite aperturé, past participle aperturado) (transitive)

1. to open (a bank account)
2. to inaugurate (something)
3. (proscribed) to open, open up

Although the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) recognizes the senses "to open a bank account" and "to inaugurate", the general sense "to open" is proscribed and should be avoided.

• “aperturar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “aperturar”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN