tomar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)
2. (transitive) to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)
3. (transitive) to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)
4. (transitive) to take; to receive (to be the victim of an interaction)
5. (transitive) to put into practice
6. (transitive) to take for; to consider; to regard (to have a certain opinion about someone or something)
7. (transitive) to take into the body
8. (broadly,intransitive,transitive) to take into the body
9. (transitive) to take into the body
10. (transitive) to take; to experience, undergo (to put oneself into, to be subjected to)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/toˈma(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tomar, of unknown origin. Possibly derived from Latin autumāre (“to reckon; to affirm”). Compare Galician and Spanish tomar.