apelar

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)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.peˈla(ʁ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: appellō

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin appellāre.

Concepts

appeal

invoke

plead

call

on

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refer

sue

summon

call upon

file an appeal

appeal to

hail

lodge an appeal

Synonyms

invocar

chamar

recorrer