aposentar

• aposientar

Formed by a- +‎ posar (to put, drop, leave) and sentar (to sit).

• IPA^(key): /aposenˈtaɾ/ [a.po.sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

aposentar (first-person singular indicative present aposiento, past participle aposentáu)

1. (intransitive) to get one's act together, to come to one's senses

   A ver si aposienta la mocedá

   Let's see if the youngsters come to their senses

2. to rest after eating

   Agora que yá xintemos vamos aposentalo

   Now that we've already eaten we are going to rest (it)

3. to calm (a person)
4. to settle, fix an idea (in one's mind)
5. to host, to house
6. (reflexive) to settle in a place

• posa
• posada
• posar

From Old Galician-Portuguese apousentar, from a- +‎ pousar +‎ -entar.

• Hyphenation: a‧po‧sen‧tar

aposentar (first-person singular present aposento, first-person singular preterite aposentei, past participle aposentado)

1. (transitive, dated) to house, shelter, lodge

   Synonyms: abrigar, albergar

2. (pronominal) to retire (leave office)

   Synonym: reformar

• IPA^(key): /aposenˈtaɾ/ [a.po.sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧po‧sen‧tar

aposentar (first-person singular present aposento, first-person singular preterite aposenté, past participle aposentado)

1. (transitive) to lodge, put up

   aposentar a alguien

   put someone up

2. (reflexive) to shack up; to stay as a guest; to lodge

   me voy a aposentar en casa de Lili

   I'm going to shack up at Lili's place.

3. (reflexive, figurative) to reside
   • 2005, Adalbe Reales Utria, Colombia Bajo El Paraguas de la Globalización:

     La pobreza se aposenta en los sectores más vulnerables.

     Poverty resides in the most vulnerable sectors.

• “aposentar”, 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