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): (Valencia) [toˈmaɾ]

tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomí, past participle tomat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, 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. (intransitive) to accept, to receive [with por]

• tomada

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tomar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tomar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “toom”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tomar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tomar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tomar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Unknown.

• IPA^(key): /to.ˈmaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

tomar

1. to take; to seize
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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.

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• Homophone: Tomar

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. (transitive) to take for; to consider; to regard (to have a certain opinion about someone or something) [with direct object ‘someone/something’ and por ‘for someone/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^[2]:

     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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From Ottoman Turkish طومار (tomar).

tomar (definite accusative tomarı, plural tomarlar)

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

Inflection
Nominative	tomar
Definite accusative	tomarı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tomar	tomarlar
Definite accusative	tomarı	tomarları
Dative	tomara	tomarlara
Locative	tomarda	tomarlarda
Ablative	tomardan	tomarlardan
Genitive	tomarın	tomarların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tomarım tomarlarım 2nd singular tomarın tomarların 3rd singular tomarı tomarları 1st plural tomarımız tomarlarımız 2nd plural tomarınız tomarlarınız 3rd plural tomarları tomarları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tomarımı tomarlarımı 2nd singular tomarını tomarlarını 3rd singular tomarını tomarlarını 1st plural tomarımızı tomarlarımızı 2nd plural tomarınızı tomarlarınızı 3rd plural tomarlarını tomarlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tomarıma tomarlarıma 2nd singular tomarına tomarlarına 3rd singular tomarına tomarlarına 1st plural tomarımıza tomarlarımıza 2nd plural tomarınıza tomarlarınıza 3rd plural tomarlarına tomarlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tomarımda tomarlarımda 2nd singular tomarında tomarlarında 3rd singular tomarında tomarlarında 1st plural tomarımızda tomarlarımızda 2nd plural tomarınızda tomarlarınızda 3rd plural tomarlarında tomarlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tomarımdan tomarlarımdan 2nd singular tomarından tomarlarından 3rd singular tomarından tomarlarından 1st plural tomarımızdan tomarlarımızdan 2nd plural tomarınızdan tomarlarınızdan 3rd plural tomarlarından tomarlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tomarımın tomarlarımın 2nd singular tomarının tomarlarının 3rd singular tomarının tomarlarının 1st plural tomarımızın tomarlarımızın 2nd plural tomarınızın tomarlarınızın 3rd plural tomarlarının tomarlarının

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