aproximar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ə.pɾuk.siˈma]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.pɾok.siˈma]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [a.pɾok.siˈmaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximí, past participle aproximat)

  1. (transitive) to bring close or closer
  2. (reflexive) to come close or closer, to approach

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • aproximament

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pɾo.siˈma(ʁ)/ [a.pɾo.siˈma(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.pɾo.siˈma(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.pɾo.siˈma(ʁ)/ [a.pɾo.siˈma(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pɾo.siˈma(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾɔ.siˈmaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾɔ.siˈma.ɾi/

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pɾɔ.si.ˈma(h)/
  • Hyphenation: a‧pro‧xi‧mar

Verb

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximei, past participle aproximado)

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to approach (to get closer to)
    Não se aproxime daquela região, está contaminada.
    Don’t approach that region, it’s contaminated.
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to approach (to come nearer)
    Podem se aproximar, não estou armado.
    You can approach, I’m not armed.
  3. (transitive) to approach (to make things get nearer)
    É difícil aproximar os polos iguais de um par de ímãs.
    It’s hard to put the equal poles of a pair of magnets near one another.
  4. (transitive) to approximate; to estimate (to calculate roughly)
    Não tivemos tempo para medir a área então aproximamos um valor.
    We didn’t have time to measure the area, so we estimated a value.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apɾoɡsiˈmaɾ/ [a.pɾoɣ̞.siˈmaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pro‧xi‧mar

Verb

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximé, past participle aproximado)

  1. to approach
    Synonyms: acercar, arrimar
  2. (mathematics) to approximate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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