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Tomar

Tomar

See also: tomar

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tomar

  1. A city and municipality in Santarém, Portugal.

Related terms

  • tomarense

tomar

tomar

See also: Tomar

Asturian

Verb

tomar (first-person singular indicative present tomo, past participle tomáu)

  1. to drink (consume liquid through the mouth)
  2. to take
  3. to cover
  4. to go, travel
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Conjugation


Cebuano

Verb

  1. Alternative spelling of tumar

Galician

Verb

tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomei, past participle tomado)

  1. to take
  2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of tomar
  3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of tomar

Conjugation


Old Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to.ˈmaɾ/

Verb

tomar

  1. to take; to seize

Descendants


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tomar, of unknown origin. Possibly derived from Latin autumāre (I reckon; I affirm)[1].

Pronunciation

Verb

tomar (first-person singular present indicative tomo, past participle tomado)

  1. (transitive) to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)
    Fui ao banco tomar meu dinheiro.
    I went to the bank to get my money.
    1. (transitive, military) to take; to conquer (to seize control of a location)
      Os cruzados tomaram Jerusalém.
      The crusaders took Jerusalem.
    2. (transitive) to steal (to take something illegally)
      O ladrão tomou todo o meu dinheiro.
      The thief has taken all my money.
  2. (transitive) to take; to receive (to be the victim of an interaction)
    Tomei um soco na cara.
    I took a punch to the face.
  3. (transitive, applicable to some nouns) to put into practice
    tomar uma decisão
    to make a decision
    tomar medidas
    to take measures
  4. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking por) to take for; to consider; to regard (to have a certain opinion about someone or something)
    Eu tomei a Maria por corrupta.
    I took Mary for a corrupt woman.
  5. (transitive) to take into the body
    1. (transitive) to drink (to ingest a liquid)
      Eu tomei suco.
      I drank juice.
    2. (intransitive, by extension) to drink (to consume alcoholic beverages, especially habitually)
      Ele toma muito, durante os finais de semana.
      He drinks a lot on weekends.
    3. (transitive) to take (to use a medicine)
      Esqueci de tomar meus antidepressivos.
      I forgot to take my antidepressants.

Synonyms

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:tomar.

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References

    1. Yakov Malkiel, Etymology

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown.

Verb

tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomé, past participle tomado)

  1. to take
  2. to drink, have (especially an alcoholic beverage)
    Tomo una sidra.
    I'll have a cider.
  3. to take (travel by means of)
    tomar el trento take the train

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