tomar

tomar (first-person singular indicative present tomo, past participle tomáu)

1. to drink (consume liquid through the mouth)
2. to take
3. to cover
4. to go, travel

• tumar

Borrowed from Spanish tomar (“to take”).

• IPA^(key): /toˈmaɾ/, [toˈmaɾ]
• Hyphenation: to‧mar

tomár (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜋᜍ᜔)

1. (rare, transitive) to take medicine

   Synonym: inom

2. (rare, transitive) to swallow a pill

   Synonyms: halon, hamil

From pomar, from Latin palma (“hand”), influenced by Spanish tomar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tuˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [toˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [toˈmaɾ]

tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomí, past participle tomat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to catch

• “tomar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “tomar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tomar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

tomar

1. Alternative spelling of tumar

From Old Galician-Portuguese tomar, of unknown origin; perhaps from Latin autumāre[1] or from Germanic.[2] Compare Portuguese and Spanish tomar.

• IPA^(key): /toˈmaɾ/

tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomei, past participle tomado)

1. (transitive) to take

   Synonym: coller

2. (transitive) to grab

   Synonym: agarrar

3. (transitive) to seize, to capture

   Synonyms: conquistar, prender

4. (transitive) to drink

   Synonym: beber

5. (transitive) to take (food, a pill, etc)

   Synonym: comer

6. (transitive) to sunbathe

   Synonym: asollar

   Ven acó tomar o sol.

   Come here to sunbathe.

7. (transitive with por) to accept, to receive

• tomada

• “tomar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “tomar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “toom” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “tomar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tomar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tomar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Unknown.

• IPA^(key): /to.ˈmaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

tomar

1. to take; to seize
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul and took it very quickly without delay

• Galician: tomar
• Portuguese: tomar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tomar, of unknown origin. Possibly derived from Latin autumāre (“to reckon; to affirm”).[1] Compare Galician and Spanish tomar.

• Homophone: Tomar

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tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomei, past participle tomado)

1. (transitive) to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)

   Fui ao banco tomar meu dinheiro.

   I went to the bank to get my money.

   1. (transitive, military) to take; to conquer (to seize control of a location)

      Os cruzados tomaram Jerusalém.

      The crusaders took Jerusalem.

   2. (transitive) to steal (to take something illegally)

      O ladrão tomou todo o meu dinheiro.

      The thief has taken all my money.

2. (transitive) to take; to receive (to be the victim of an interaction)

   Tomei um soco na cara.

   I took a punch to the face.

3. (transitive, applicable to some nouns) to put into practice

   tomar uma decisão

   to make a decision

   tomar medidas

   to take measures

4. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking por) to take for; to consider; to regard (to have a certain opinion about someone or something)

   Eu tomei a Maria por corrupta.

   I took Mary for a corrupt woman.

5. (transitive) to take into the body
   1. (transitive) to drink (to ingest a liquid)

      Eu tomei suco.

      I drank juice.

      Ela não gosta de tomar sopa.

      She doesn't like to eat soup.

   2. (intransitive, by extension) to drink (to consume alcoholic beverages, especially habitually)

      Ele toma muito durante os finais de semana.

      He drinks a lot on weekends.

   3. (transitive) to take (to use a medicine)

      Esqueci-me de tomar os antidepressivos.

      I forgot to take the antidepressants.

6. (transitive) to take; to experience, undergo (to put oneself into, to be subjected to)

   tomar um banho

   to take a shower

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tomar.

• (to take): pegar
• (to steal): roubar
• (to consider as): considerar (como)
• (to drink): beber
• (to drink alcohol): beber

Uncertain. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *tumāre, aphaeresis of Latin autumāre (“to affirm (the right to own/possess something)”).

• IPA^(key): /toˈmaɾ/ [t̪oˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: to‧mar

tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomé, past participle tomado)

1. to take

   Los niños toman clases de inglés

   The children take English classes

   Me tomó mucho tiempo

   It took me a long time

   Tómalo con calma.

   Take it easy.

   Me tomaron por un loco.

   They took me for a lunatic.

   • 2015 December, “Cine venezolano después del 6D”, in El Nacional‎:

     Dependerá de cada quien tomarlas en consideración o no.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to drink, have (especially an alcoholic beverage)

   Synonym: beber

   Tomo una sidra.

   I'll have a cider.

3. to take (travel by means of)

   Synonym: (Spain) coger

   tomar el tren ― to take the train

• “tomar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Ottoman Turkish طومار (tomar).

tomar (definite accusative tomarı, plural tomarlar)

1. scroll
2. a great quantity of paper or money

• “tomar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu