apelar

Meaning

1. (ambitransitive) to appeal
2. (transitive) to appeal (to call for help)
3. (Brazil, ambitransitive, colloquial) 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)

Concepts

appeal

invoke

plead

call

on

🔛

refer

sue

summon

call upon

file an appeal

appeal to

hail

lodge an appeal

Synonyms

invocar

chamar

recorrer

Translations

apelar

appeler

aanroepen

praaien

apel·lar

invoquer

oproepen

invocar

anrufen

appellieren

επικαλούμαι

advocare

faire appel

trucar

in beroep gaan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.peˈla(ʁ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: appellō

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin appellāre.