aprender

From Latin apprendere, alternative form of apprehendere.

• IPA^(key): /apɾenˈdeɾ/ [a.pɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pren‧der

aprender

1. learn (to acquire knowledge or ability)

• “aprender” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.
• “aprender” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aprender (13^th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin apprendere, alternative form of apprehendere. Doublet of aprehender, a borrowing. Compare Portuguese aprender.

• IPA^(key): /apɾenˈdeɾ/ [a.pɾen̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧pren‧der

aprender (first-person singular present aprendo, first-person singular preterite aprendín, past participle aprendido, short past participle apreso)
aprender (first-person singular present aprendo, first-person singular preterite aprendim or aprendi, past participle aprendido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to learn

   Synonym: deprender

2. (transitive) to teach

   Synonym: ensinar

   O meu tío aprendeume a nadar. ― My uncle taught me to swim.

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aprender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aprender”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aprender”, 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), “aprender”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aprender”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Spanish aprender, from Latin apprendere, alternative form of apprehendere.

aprender

1. to learn

Inherited from Latin apprendere, alternative form of apprehendere.

• Rhymes: -eɾ

aprender

1. (transitive, intransitive) to learn (to get knowledge)

• Galician: aprender
• Portuguese: aprender

• Universo Cantigas - "aprender"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aprender, from Latin apprendere, alternative form of apprehendere. Doublet of apreender, a borrowing. Compare Galician aprender.

• Hyphenation: a‧pren‧der

aprender (first-person singular present aprendo, first-person singular preterite aprendi, past participle aprendido)

1. (transitive) to learn, to acquire knowledge

   Em dois anos, aprendi francês.

   In two years, I learned French.

   • 2003, Consuelo Rocha Dutra de Lara, A atual gestão do conhecimento, NBL Editora, →ISBN, page 65:

     Os gerentes do conhecimento buscam e codificam as lições aprendidas em suas unidades de negócios. Ou seja, colocam em um banco de dados as experiências de sucesso e experiências de fracasso, os erros e acertos. Essas "lições" de práticas são divulgadas na intranet da empresa.

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2. (intransitive) to be able to learn

   Meu filho caçula aprende mais rápido que o irmão.

   My youngest son learns faster than his brother.

• aprendiz
• aprendizado
• aprendizagem

• prender

Inherited from Old Spanish aprender, from Latin apprēndere, from earlier apprehendere. Doublet of aprehender, a borrowing. Cognate with English apprehend.

• IPA^(key): /apɾenˈdeɾ/ [a.pɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pren‧der

aprender (first-person singular present aprendo, first-person singular preterite aprendí, past participle aprendido)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to learn (to acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something)

   Él está aprendiendo español.

   He's learning Spanish now.

2. (transitive, uncommon) to teach

• “aprender”, 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