# apelar
## Franco-Provençal
### Alternative forms

* apelô (Bressan)

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin appellāre.

### Verb

apelar (ORB, broad)
* to call

#### Conjugation
### References

* appeler in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* apelar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

### Further information

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “appellare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 28

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English appeal, French appeler, German appellieren, Italian appellare, Russian апелли́ровать (apellírovatʹ), Spanish apelar, ultimately from Latin appello.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.peˈlar/

### Verb

apelar (present tense apelas, past tense apelis, future tense apelos, imperative apelez, conditional apelus)
* to appeal
    La habitanti apelis ad Unionita Nacioni.The inhabitants appealed to the United Nations.

#### Conjugation
## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan apelar, from Latin appellō.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

apelar
* to ring; to phone; to call
* to name (give a name to)
    Synonyms: cridar, sonar
* (reflexive, s'apelar) to be called (have a certain name)

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin appellō.

### Verb

apelar
* to call (signal to someone orally)

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “appellāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 28

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* appellar (pre-standardization spelling)
** apellar, appelar (pre-standardization spelling)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin appellāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.peˈla(ʁ)/ [a.peˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.peˈla(ʁ)/ [a.peˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.peˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.peˈla(ʁ)/ [a.peˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.peˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pɨˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pɨˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pɨˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧pe‧lar

### Verb

apelar (first-person singular present apelo, first-person singular preterite apelei, past participle apelado)
* (ambitransitive, law) to appeal
* (transitive) to appeal (to call for help)
    Synonyms: pedir, recorrer
* (ambitransitive, colloquial, Brazil) to resort (to have recourse to)
    Não precisa apelar para a violência!There's no need to resort to violence!
* (by extension, video games, colloquial, intransitive) to tryhard, to utilize an overpowered character or strategy
* (transitive, obsolete) to call (to name or refer to)
    Synonym: chamar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* apelão

### Further reading

* “apelar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appellāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apeˈlaɾ/ [a.peˈlaɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧pe‧lar

### Verb

apelar (first-person singular present apelo, first-person singular preterite apelé, past participle apelado)
* to appeal

#### 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

* apelable
* apelante

#### Related terms

* apelación
* apelativo

### Further reading

* “apelar”, 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