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apostar

Pronunciation: /aposˈtaɾ/

“apostar” is a Galician word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to repair
  2. to prepare
  3. to adorn; to beautify
  4. to dispose (to distribute and put in place)
  5. to gut and clean fish for its preservation
  6. to bet (to make a guess about the outcome of an event)
  7. to bet (be quite certain of something)

In Galician

  1. Facer apostas.
  2. Colocar, situar a alguén nun lugar para que vixíe ou estea disposto a actuar.
  3. Situarse ou colocarse nun lugar para vixiar ou estar disposto para actuar.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese; probably from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus (“appropriate; fit”), or from aposta (“bet”).

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