apropiar

Borrowed from Latin appropriare. Equivalent to a- +‎ propi +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.pɾu.piˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.pɾo.piˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.pɾo.piˈaɾ]

apropiar (first-person singular present apropio, first-person singular preterite apropií, past participle apropiat)

1. (transitive) to adapt, to (make) fit, to apply
2. (reflexive) to appropriate

   Es va apropiar de les idees d'un altre eminent científic.

   He appropriated the ideas of another eminent scientist.

• apropiat
• apropiatiu

• “apropiar”, 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

• apropriar (obsolete)

Borrowed from Late Latin appropriare, from Latin proprius.

• IPA^(key): /apɾoˈpjaɾ/ [a.pɾoˈpjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pro‧piar

apropiar (first-person singular present apropio, first-person singular preterite apropié, past participle apropiado)

1. to give, bestow
2. (reflexive) to seize, take hold of

• “apropiar”, 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