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aceitar

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aceitar, from Latin acceptō, acceptāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /aθejˈtaɾ/ [a.θejˈt̪aɾ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /asejˈtaɾ/ [a.sejˈt̪aɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: a‧cei‧tar

Verb

aceitar (first-person singular present aceito, first-person singular preterite aceitei, past participle aceitado)

  1. alternative form of aceptar
  2. reintegrationist spelling of aceptar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aceitar, from Latin acceptāre. The short past participle is directly from accipere, the source of acceptāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧cei‧tar

Verb

aceitar (first-person singular present aceito, first-person singular preterite aceitei, past participle aceitado, short past participle (Brazil) aceito or (Portugal) aceite)

  1. to accept
    • 1908, Antonio de Albuquerque, O Marquez da Bacalhôa, Brussels: Imprimérie Liberté, page 97:
      — Mas que havia elle de fazer, senão acceitar o offerecimento do marquez, visto não o deixarem voltar para o seu governo?
      “But what should he have done other than accept the marquess’s offering, seeing as they wouldn’t allow him back in his government?”
  2. to receive

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Spanish

Etymology

From aceite + -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

aceitar (first-person singular present aceito, first-person singular preterite aceité, past participle aceitado)

  1. (transitive) to oil
  2. (Latin America, transitive) to bribe
    Synonym: sobornar

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