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tomar.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/toˈma(ʁ)/Brazil[toˈma(h)]Brazil/toˈma(ɾ)/São-Paulo/toˈma(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)

    transitive
    Fui ao banco tomar meu dinheiro.
  2. to take (to get something into one’s possession or control) to take; to conquer (to seize control of a location)

    transitive
    Os cruzados tomaram Jerusalém.
  3. to take (to get something into one’s possession or control) to steal (to take something illegally)

    transitive
    O ladrão tomou todo o meu dinheiro.
  4. to take; to receive (to be the victim of an interaction)

    transitive
    Tomei um soco na cara.
  5. to put into practice

    transitive
    tomar uma decisão
    tomar medidas
  6. to take for; to consider; to regard (to have a certain opinion about someone or something)

    transitive
    Eu tomei a Maria por corrupta.
  7. to take into the body to drink (to ingest a liquid)

    transitive
    Eu tomei suco.
    Ela não gosta de tomar sopa.
  8. to take into the body to drink (to consume alcoholic beverages, especially habitually)

    broadly · intransitive · transitive
    Ele toma muito durante os finais de semana.
  9. to take into the body to take (to use a medicine)

    transitive
    Esqueci-me de tomar os antidepressivos.
  10. to take; to experience, undergo (to put oneself into, to be subjected to)

    transitive
    tomar um banho
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tomar, of unknown origin. Compare Galician and Spanish tomar.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.