# aproximar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.pɾuk.siˈma]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.pɾok.siˈma]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.pɾok.siˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximí, past participle aproximat)
* (transitive) to bring close or closer
* (reflexive) to come close or closer, to approach

#### Derived terms

* aproximament

#### Related terms

* aproximació

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.pɾo.siˈma(ʁ)/ [a.pɾo.siˈma(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.pɾo.siˈma(ʁ)/ [a.pɾo.siˈma(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.pɾo.siˈma(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.pɾo.siˈma(ʁ)/ [a.pɾo.siˈma(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.pɾo.siˈma(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pɾɔ.siˈmaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pɾɔ.siˈmaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pɾɔ.siˈma.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /a.pɾɔ.si.ˈma(h)/
* Hyphenation: a‧pro‧xi‧mar

### Verb

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximei, past participle aproximado)
* (pronominal) to approach (to get closer to) [with de ‘someone, something or a location’]
    Não se aproxime daquela região, está contaminada.Don’t approach that region, it’s contaminated.
* (pronominal) to approach (to come nearer)
    Podem se aproximar, não estou armado.You can approach, I’m not armed.
* (transitive) to approach (to make things get nearer)
    É difícil aproximar os polos iguais de um par de ímãs.It’s hard to put the equal poles of a pair of magnets near one another.
* (transitive) to approximate; to estimate (to calculate roughly)
    Não tivemos tempo para medir a área então aproximamos um valor.We didn’t have time to measure the area, so we estimated a value.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* aproximado

#### Related terms

* aproximação

### Further reading

* “aproximar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “aproximar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apɾoɡsiˈmaɾ/ [a.pɾoɣ̞.siˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧pro‧xi‧mar

### Verb

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximé, past participle aproximado)
* to approach
    Synonyms: acercar, arrimar
* (mathematics) to approximate

#### 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

* aproximado
* aproximamiento
* aproximante

#### Related terms

* aproximación

### Further reading

* “aproximar”, 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