# abordar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French aborder.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.βurˈda]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.borˈda]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.boɾˈðaɾ]

### Verb

abordar (first-person singular present abordo, first-person singular preterite abordí, past participle abordat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive, nautical) to board
* (transitive) to incite, to urge on
    Synonym: envestir
* (transitive) to broach, to address (a topic)

#### Derived terms

* abordada
* bordar

### Further reading

* “abordar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “abordar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowing from English board, French aborder, Italian abbordare, Russian абордаж (abordaž) and Spanish abordar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.bɔrˈdar/

### Verb

abordar (present tense abordas, past tense abordis, future tense abordos, imperative abordez, conditional abordus)
* (transitive) to land on a (shore, a wharf, etc.)
* (transitive) to board (a ship, a vehicle, etc.)
* (transitive, figurative) to go alongside, come up close to

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From French aborder (“to deal with”). Related to abordagem (“approach”). By surface analysis, a- +‎ borda +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.boʁˈda(ʁ)/ [a.boɦˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.boʁˈda(ʁ)/ [a.boɦˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.boɾˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.boʁˈda(ʁ)/ [a.boʁˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.boɻˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.buɾˈdaɾ/ [ɐ.βuɾˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.buɾˈdaɾ/ [ɐ.βuɾˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.buɾˈda.ɾi/ [ɐ.βuɾˈða.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧bor‧dar

### Verb

abordar (first-person singular present abordo, first-person singular preterite abordei, past participle abordado)
* to address (a subject, etc.)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ bordo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aboɾˈdaɾ/ [a.β̞oɾˈð̞aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧bor‧dar

### Verb

abordar (first-person singular present abordo, first-person singular preterite abordé, past participle abordado)
* (transitive) to address, to broach, to approach, to discuss, to touch on (e.g. a subject, issue, topic, point)
* (transitive) to tackle, to deal with, to confront, to approach, to grapple with (e.g. a problem, a challenge)
* (transitive) to accost, to waylay
* (transitive) to board (to enter a boat)
* (reflexive) to address
* (reflexive) to be addressed, to be tackled, to be taken up, to be approached, to be treated, to be considered, to be dealt with, to be handled, to be discussed

#### Usage notes

* Both abordar and abordarse can mean to "address". You should only use the active reflexive, however, when not referring to a human or sentient speaker or writer. For example, you would use the reflexive when the subject of the sentence is a report, an article, a book, a policy or law, a summit or conference, an event or meeting, a list of rules and regulations, etc. In all these situations, there is no human or sentient subject.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* abordador
* abordaje

### Further reading

* “abordar”, 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