apoderar
Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.pu.ðəˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.po.ðəˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.po.ðeˈɾaɾ]
Verb
editapoderar (first-person singular present apodero, first-person singular preterite apoderí, past participle apoderat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (obsolete, transitive) to overpower
- (transitive) to delegate authority to, to empower (to act on one's behalf)
- (pronominal) to seize [with de]
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of apoderar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “apoderar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese apoderar, corresponding to a- + poder (“power”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: a‧po‧de‧rar
Verb
editapoderar (first-person singular present apodero, first-person singular preterite apoderei, past participle apoderado)
- (pronominal) to seize (to take possession of) [with de ‘something’]
- (figurative, pronominal) to seize (to have a sudden and powerful effect upon) [with de ‘someone’]
- Synonyms: dominar, controlar, tomar conta de
- Não posso deixar o medo apoderar-se de mim.
- I can’t let fear seize me.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of apoderar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom a- + poder (“power”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editapoderar (first-person singular present apodero, first-person singular preterite apoderé, past participle apoderado)
- to empower
- (reflexive) to seize, to gain, to get hold of, to get one's hands on [with de ‘something’]
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 16:
- Pierde su tiempo el individuo que trata de apoderarse del tesoro sin el beneplácito de su guardador.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive) to take control, to take possession [with de ‘of something’]
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of apoderar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of apoderar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “apoderar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- “apoderar” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.
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