aplicar

Borrowed from Latin applicāre. Doublet of aplegar, which was inherited.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pliˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.pliˈkaɾ]

aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliquí, past participle aplicat)

1. (transitive) to apply
2. (reflexive) to apply oneself

   Jo era l'únic que m'aplicava una mica.

   I was the only one who applied myself a little.

• aplicable
• aplicador
• aplicament

• aplicació

• “aplicar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “aplicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “aplicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aplicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

14th century. Learned borrowing from Latin applicāre. Compare the inherited doublet achegar.

• IPA^(key): /apliˈkaɾ/

aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliquei, past participle aplicado)

1. to apply
2. (pronominal) to commit (to); to dedicate oneself to (to pursue a course of action with great effort)
3. to save (to store for future use)

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aplicad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aplicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aplicar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “aplicar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aplicar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• applicar (pre-reform spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin applicāre. Compare the inherited doublet achegar.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pli.ˈka(h)/
• Hyphenation: a‧pli‧car

aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliquei, past participle aplicado)

1. (transitive) to apply (to put on) [with direct object ‘something’, along with em or other positional preposition ‘onto someone/something’]

   Aplique xampu no seu cabelo até que ele fique macio.

   Apply shampoo onto your hair until it gets soft.

   • 1940 January 7, “Conselhos para cuidar da pelle das creanças [Advice for taking care of children’s skin]”, in Correio da Manhã‎^[1], volume 115, number 5, Recife, page 12:

     Se bem que as crianças não possam fazer uso dos mesmos preparados que os adultos contra as rachaduras da pelle, não quer dizer que não se deva applicar outros apropriados.

     Although children cannot make use of the same preparations as adults against cracked skin, this does not mean one should not apply other appropriate ones.

2. (transitive) to apply (to put to use for a purpose) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone/something’]

   O juiz aplicou a pena de morte ao psicopata.

   The judge applied the death sentence to the psychopath.

3. (pronominal) to apply (to be relevant to) [with a ‘to someone/something’]

   Lógica matemática nem sempre se aplica à vida real.

   Mathematical logic doesn’t always apply to real life.

4. (reflexive) to commit; to dedicate oneself (to pursue a course of action with great effort) [with a ‘to something’]

   Estes pirralhos não se querem aplicar aos estudos.

   These brats don’t want to commit to their studies.

Borrowed from Latin applicāre. Doublet of aplegar and allegar.

• IPA^(key): /apliˈkaɾ/ [a.pliˈkaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pli‧car

aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliqué, past participle aplicado)

1. to use, to apply

   El presidente aplicó medidas especiales.

   The president used special measures.

2. to smear, to put something above another thing or in contact with another thing

   Synonym: untar

   Aplicó la mermelada a la tostada.

   He spread the marmalade on the toast.

   Aplicó la pomada a la rodilla.

   He smeared the cream on his knee.

3. (Belize) to apply for a job
4. (reflexive) to apply oneself
5. (reflexive) to apply, to hold true

• “aplicar”, 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