aplicar.
to use, to apply
Meaning & usage
to use, to apply
El presidente aplicó medidas especiales.
to smear, to put something above another thing or in contact with another thing
Aplicó la mermelada a la tostada.
Aplicó la pomada a la rodilla.
to apply (to submit oneself as a candidate)
to apply oneself
to apply, to hold true
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der. Latin plicō Latin applicārebor. Spanish aplicar Borrowed from Latin applicāre. Doublet of aplegar and allegar.
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