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apresentar
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese apresentar, presentar, from Latin praesentāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
apresentar (first-person singular present apresento, first-person singular preterite apresentei, past participle apresentado)
- (transitive) to introduce (to make multiple people become acquainted with one another)
- Fui eu que apresentei os noivos.
- I’m the one who introduced the fiancés.
- (transitive) to introduce; to present (to make (someone) become acquainted to) [with direct object ‘someone/something’ and a ‘to someone’]
- Alguém deve apresentar o enviado ao rei.
- Someone should present the envoy to the king.
- (reflexive) to introduce oneself [with a ‘to someone’]
- Ela chegou e logo se apresentou.
- She arrived and soon afterwards introduced herself.
- (transitive) to present (to put (something) forward to be seen) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]
- Apresentamos o novo produto ao mercado.
- We presented the new product to the market.
- A acusação apresentou as evidências.
- The accusers presented their evidence.
- (transitive) to present (to give a presentation)
- Três doutorandos apresentarão suas teses amanhã.
- Three doctorate students will present their theses tomorrow.
- (transitive) to host, to present (to act as a host at an event or for a program)
- Há rumores de que ela apresentará o novo reality show.
- There are rumors that she will host the new reality show.
- (pronominal) to perform (to do something in front of an audience)
- Venha ver minha banda se apresentar sábado.
- Come see my band perform Saturday.
- (transitive) to exhibit (to have as a characteristic)
- O corpo apresentava vários buracos de bala.
- The corpse exhibited various bulletholes.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:apresentar.
Related terms
Further reading
- “apresentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “apresentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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