aplicar

/apliˈkaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to use, to apply

🧴 aplicar = apply; both from Latin applicare, to fold onto something

Latin ad (to) + plicare (to fold), the same root as ply and pliable. You fold or press one thing onto another, like cream on skin. In the extended sense, you put yourself forward for a job or put a rule to use.

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