apelar

Meaning

1. (intransitive,transitive) to appeal
2. (transitive) to appeal (to call for help)
3. (Brazil,colloquial,intransitive,transitive) to resort (to have recourse to)
4. (broadly,colloquial,intransitive) to tryhard, to utilize an overpowered character or strategy
5. (obsolete,transitive) to call (to name or refer to)

Hyphenated as

a‧pe‧lar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.peˈla(ʁ)/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin appellāre.