apoderar
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.pu.ðəˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.po.ðəˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.po.ðeˈɾaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [a.po.ðeˈɾa]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Verb
[edit]apoderar (first-person singular present apodero, first-person singular preterite apoderí, past participle apoderat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/
- (obsolete, transitive) to overpower
- (transitive) to delegate authority to, to empower (to act on one's behalf)
- (pronominal) to seize [with de]
Conjugation
[edit] Central Catalan conjugation of apoderar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “apoderar”, 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
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese apoderar, corresponding to a- + poder (“power”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: a‧po‧de‧rar
Verb
[edit]apoderar (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.
Further reading
[edit]- “apoderar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “apoderar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
From a- + poder (“power”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]apoderar (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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “apoderar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “apoderar” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.
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