adquirir
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin adquīrere.
Verb edit
adquirir (first-person singular indicative present adquiro, past participle adquiríu)
- (transitive) acquire (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin adquīrere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.
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adquirir (first-person singular present adquireixo, first-person singular preterite adquirí, past participle adquirit)
- (transitive) to acquire (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
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Further reading edit
- “adquirir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “adquirir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “adquirir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “adquirir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquirín, past participle adquirido)
adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquirim or adquiri, past participle adquirido, reintegrationist norm)
- to acquire (to get as one's own)
Conjugation edit
1Less recommended.
Further reading edit
- “adquirir” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “adquirir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin adquīrere, with a change in conjugation. Cognate of Spanish adquirir, French acquérir and English acquire.
Pronunciation edit
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adquirir (first-person singular present adquiro, first-person singular preterite adquiri, past participle adquirido)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin adquīrere. Attested from the fifteenth century.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
adquirir (first-person singular present adquiero, first-person singular preterite adquirí, past participle adquirido)
- (transitive) to acquire
- Synonym: conseguir
- (transitive) to buy
- Synonym: comprar
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “querer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 719
Further reading edit
- “adquirir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014