aceptar

• aceutar

Borrowed from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (or re-Latinized from the variant form aceutar).

• IPA^(key): /aθebˈtaɾ/, [a.θeβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧cep‧tar

aceptar (first-person singular indicative present acepto, past participle aceptáu)

1. to accept, consider acceptable
2. to receive

• aceitar

Learned borrowing from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (or from Spanish aceptar).

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

aceptar (first-person singular present acepto, first-person singular preterite aceptei, past participle aceptado)

1. to accept
2. to agree to

• aceptábel, aceptable

• “aceptar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Borrowed from Esperanto akcepti, English accept, French accepter, German akzeptieren, Italian accettare, Russian акцептова́ть (akceptovátʹ), Spanish aceptar.

• IPA^(key): /at͡sepˈtar/

aceptar (present tense aceptas, past tense aceptis, future tense aceptos, imperative aceptez, conditional aceptus)

1. (transitive) to accept (something willingly, as a proposal, condition apology, challenge), receive (a guest)

   Antonym: refuzar

Re-Latinized from Old Spanish acetar, from Latin acceptāre. Cognate with English accept.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθebˈtaɾ/ [a.θeβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asebˈtaɾ/ [a.seβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]

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

aceptar (first-person singular present acepto, first-person singular preterite acepté, past participle aceptado)

1. (transitive) to accept, to take up, to take up on

   Aceptan donativos. ― They accept donations.

   • 2009 January 10, C. De Carlos, “Kirchner comienza el proceso de expropiación de Aerolíneas a Marsans”, in ABC.es‎:

     La compañía española recibió por la mañana la comunicación oficial de la medida y fue advertida de que dispone de 15 días para aceptarla.

     The Spanish company received in the morning the official notice of the measure and was warned that it had 15 days to accept it.

2. to agree

   Acepto venir. ― I agree to come.

3. to come to terms with

• “aceptar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014