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adoptar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adopt verb To legally take a child into your family as your own.
  • assume verb To accept something as true without proof.

Senses

adoptar is used for these senses in English:

  • adopt To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
  • adopt To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
  • assume To adopt (an idea or cause)

adopt — full definition

  1. verb To legally take a child into your family as your own.
  2. verb To take a pet or cause under your care, or to start using an idea, method, or practice.

assume — full definition

  1. verb To accept something as true without proof.
  2. verb To take on a role, responsibility, or form.

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