adaptar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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

Verb

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

1. to adapt

Further reading

• “adaptar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “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.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to adapt

Verb

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

1. to adapt

Conjugation

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Conjugation of adaptar

		present		past		future
infinitive		adaptar		adaptir		adaptor
tense		adaptas		adaptis		adaptos
conditional		adaptus		—		—
imperative		adaptez		—		—
adjective active participle		adaptanta		adaptinta		adaptonta
adverbial active participle		adaptante		adaptinte		adaptonte
nominal active participle	singular	adaptanto		adaptinto		adaptonto
	plural	adaptanti		adaptinti		adaptonti
adjective passive participle		adaptata		adaptita		adaptota
adverbial passive participle		adaptate		adaptite		adaptote
nominal passive participle	singular	adaptato		adaptito		adaptoto
	plural	adaptati		adaptiti		adaptoti

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Verb

adaptar

1. to adapt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧dap‧tar

Verb

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

1. to adapt (to make suitable)

   Synonym: ajustar

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

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

Verb

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

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10