aposto

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar

From Old Galician-Portuguese aposto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin appositus.

• IPA^(key): [aˈpɔstʊ]

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas)

1. handsome, good-looking

   Synonyms: fermoso, gallardo

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:

     quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo

     who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or gentle or wicked

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas)

1. past participle of apoñer
2. past participle of apor

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “aposto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “aposto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aposto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aposto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Latin appositus.

• apôsto (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ostu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃtu
• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧to

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas, metaphonic)

1. apposed (placed next or near to)
2. apposed (placed side by side)

aposto m (plural apostos, metaphonic)

1. (grammar) noun or noun phrase in apposition

aposto (feminine aposta, masculine plural apostos, feminine plural apostas, metaphonic)

1. past participle of apor

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔstu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɔʃtu
• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧to

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar

• “aposto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “aposto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “aposto”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “aposto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “aposto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

aposto

1. first-person singular present indicative of apostar (“to post, to assign to a station”)