aplicar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to apply (to put on)
  2. (transitive) to apply (to put to use for a purpose)
  3. (pronominal) to apply (to be relevant to)
  4. (reflexive) to commit; to dedicate oneself (to pursue a course of action with great effort)

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
a‧pli‧car
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.pliˈka(ʁ)/
Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin applicāre. Compare the inherited doublet achegar.

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