adaptar

Borrowed from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ðəpˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ðapˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: a‧dap‧tar

adaptar (first-person singular present adapto, first-person singular preterite adaptí, past participle adaptat)

1. to adapt

• adaptació
• adaptable

• “adaptar”, 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
• “adaptar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “adaptar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “adaptar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”).

• IPA^(key): /adapˈtaɾ/ [a.ð̞apˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧dap‧tar

adaptar (first-person singular present adapto, first-person singular preterite adaptei, past participle adaptado)

1. to adapt

• “adaptar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “adaptar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

adaptar (present tense adaptas, past tense adaptis, future tense adaptos, imperative adaptez, conditional adaptus)

1. to adapt

adaptar

1. to adapt

Learned borrowing from Latin adaptāre (“to fit, to adapt”).

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: a‧dap‧tar

adaptar (first-person singular present adapto, first-person singular preterite adaptei, past participle adaptado)

1. to adapt (to make suitable)

   Synonym: ajustar

• “adaptar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Borrowed from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”).

• IPA^(key): /adabˈtaɾ/ [a.ð̞aβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧dap‧tar

adaptar (first-person singular present adapto, first-person singular preterite adapté, past participle adaptado)

1. (transitive) to adapt, to adjust, to tailor (to make suitable)

   Synonyms: ajustar, acomodar

2. (transitive) to adapt (to fit by alteration)
3. (reflexive) to adapt (to change so as to be adapted)
4. (reflexive) to suit, to fit

• “adaptar”, 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