aproximar

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.pɾuk.siˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.pɾok.siˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.pɾok.siˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximí, past participle aproximat)

1. (transitive) to bring close or closer
2. (reflexive) to come close or closer, to approach

• aproximament

• “aproximar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pɾɔ.si.ˈma(h)/
• Hyphenation: a‧pro‧xi‧mar

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximei, past participle aproximado)

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to approach (to get closer to)

   Não se aproxime daquela região, está contaminada.

   Don’t approach that region, it’s contaminated.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to approach (to come nearer)

   Podem se aproximar, não estou armado.

   You can approach, I’m not armed.

3. (transitive) to approach (to make things get nearer)

   É difícil aproximar os polos iguais de um par de ímãs.

   It’s hard to put the equal poles of a pair of magnets near one another.

4. (transitive) to approximate; to estimate (to calculate roughly)

   Não tivemos tempo para medir a área então aproximamos um valor.

   We didn’t have time to measure the area, so we estimated a value.

Borrowed from Latin approximāre.

• IPA^(key): /apɾoɡsiˈmaɾ/ [a.pɾoɣ̞.siˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pro‧xi‧mar

aproximar (first-person singular present aproximo, first-person singular preterite aproximé, past participle aproximado)

1. to approach
2. (mathematics) to approximate

• “aproximar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014