# apostar
## Asturian
### Verb

apostar
* to bet

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Catalan
### Etymology

From a derivative of pondre (past participle post), or from a Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.pusˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.posˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.posˈtaɾ]

### Verb

apostar (first-person singular present aposto, first-person singular preterite apostí, past participle apostat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (transitive) to post, to station
** 1960, Joan Perucho, Les històries naturals:Forcadell comandaria les dues ales de l'exèrcit, i Llagostera, amb tres batallons de reforç, s'apostaria en el congost de l'Ebre i vigilaria el camí de Tortosa, a fi d'evitar qualsevol sorpresa per part de Nogueras.Forcadell would command the two wings of the army and Llagostera, with three batallions of reinforcements, would station himself in the Ebro narrows and keep watch on the Tortosa road in order to avoid any surprise on the part of Nogueras.
* (intransitive, pronominal) to lie in wait
** 1995, Josep Murgades, Un metge rural:Schmar, l'assassí, va apostar-se cap a les nou hores d'un vespre de lluna plena just en aquella cantonada on Wese, la víctima, havia de trencar des del carrer on tenia el seu despatx en direcció al carrer on vivia.Schmar, the assassin, lay in wait until nine on a moonlit night just at street corner where Wese, the victim, had to turn off from the street where he had his office toward the street where he lived.
* (transitive) to stake, to bet

#### Derived terms

* aposta

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese; probably from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus (“appropriate; fit”), or from aposta (“bet”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aposˈtaɾ/

### Verb

apostar (first-person singular present aposto, first-person singular preterite apostei, past participle apostado)
* (archaic) to repair
    Synonyms: arranxar, reparar
* (archaic) to prepare
    Synonym: preparar
** 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 123:logo todos ordenaron que fesesen as paandeiras o pan do dia, triigo de tres onças, ben apostado e ben linpo e de boa masaafter this everyone ordered the bakers to make the daily bread, wheat of three ounces, well prepared and very clean and of good dough
* (archaic) to adorn; to beautify
    Synonym: ornar
* to dispose (to distribute and put in place)
* to gut and clean fish for its preservation
* to bet (to make a guess about the outcome of an event)
* to bet (be quite certain of something)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “apostar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “apost”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apostar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “apostar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “apostar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apostar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From aposta (“bet”) +‎ -ar or from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.posˈta(ʁ)/ [a.posˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.posˈta(ʁ)/ [a.posˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.posˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.poʃˈta(ʁ)/ [a.poʃˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.posˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.puʃˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.puʃˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.puʃˈta.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: [ˌa.pʊs.ˈtaː]
* Hyphenation: a‧pos‧tar

### Verb

apostar (first-person singular present aposto, first-person singular preterite apostei, past participle apostado) (transitive or intransitive)
* (transitive or intransitive) to bet (to make a guess about the outcome of an event) [with em ‘on something/someone’]
* (transitive) to bet (to be quite certain of something) [with que ‘clause’]
* (transitive or intransitive) to invest [with em ‘in something/someone’]

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* aposta, apostador, apostado

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aposˈtaɾ/ [a.posˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧pos‧tar

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus.

#### Verb

apostar (first-person singular present apuesto, first-person singular preterite aposté, past participle apostado)
* (transitive) to bet

##### 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

* apostador
* apostante
* apuesta

##### Related terms

* aponer
* apostura
* apuesto

### Etymology 2

From earlier postar, from posta.

#### Verb

apostar (first-person singular present aposto, first-person singular preterite aposté, past participle apostado)
* (transitive) to post (to assign to a station; to set; to place)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

##### Derived terms

* apostadero

### Further reading

* “apostar”, 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