adoptar
Spanish, verb/adobˈtaɾ/
adoptar is spelled A-D-O-P-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,864th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adoptar is a Spanish verb meaning “to adopt (legally take in a child from other parents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llevar a cabo una adopción, el acto de recibir a alguien en una relación de parentesco (como hijo o pariente…”.
What does adoptar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adopt (legally take in a child from other parents)
- 2
to adopt (select)
- 3
to take (e.g. steps, measurements, action, position or view)
adoptar una postura
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llevar a cabo una adopción, el acto de recibir a alguien en una relación de parentesco (como hijo o pariente propios), con los requisitos legales del caso. 2. Elegir y asumir o aceptar como propias ideas, modas o métodos creados por otros. 3. Tomar una resolución o acuerdo deliberados y tras un proceso de decisión consciente. 4. Tomar o adquirir determinada forma, configuración, característica o estructura.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adoptar
- adopto first-person present singular
- adopté first-person preterite singular
- adoptado participle past
- adoptando gerund
- adoptada feminine participle past
- adoptados masculine participle past
- adoptadas feminine participle past
- adoptas indicative informal present
- adoptás indicative informal present
- adopta indicative present singular
- adoptamos first-person indicative plural
- adoptáis indicative plural present
- adoptan indicative plural present
- adoptaba first-person imperfect indicative
- adoptabas imperfect indicative second-person
- adoptábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- adoptabais imperfect indicative plural
- adoptaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adoptar?
- /adobˈtaɾ/
- [a.ð̞oβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [að̞opˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adoptar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adoptar in Spanish?
adoptar appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).