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adueñarse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appropriate adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.

Senses

adueñarse is used for these senses in English:

  • appropriate (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
  • co-opt To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
  • take over To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
  • take over To annex a territory by conquest or invasion; to conquer.

appropriate — full definition

  1. adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
  2. verb To take something for one's own use, often without permission.

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