Meanings (ES + gloss)
adecuado • apropiado
Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
1798-1801, Beilby Porteus, Lecture XI delivered in the Parish Church of St. James, Westminster in its strict and appropriate meaning
The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.
apropiado
Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
adueñarse
To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
"I promise you," said she, after a pause of some minutes, "to wear the last new dress you gave me, it is a triumph of taste!" Lord Marchmont bowed, and appropriated the compliment…
Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
designar
To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.
to appropriate money for the increase of the navy
Phrases