tomar
- to take
- to drink, have (especially an alcoholic beverage)
- to take (travel by means of)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
to‧mar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/toˈmaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Uncertain. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *tumāre, aphaeresis of Latin autumāre (“to affirm (the right to own/possess something)”).
Related words
slake one's thirst
quench one's thirst
grab onto
take hold of
apagar la sed
cojer
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