apt

apt
æpt
adjective
1) ((with to) likely: He is apt to get angry if you ask a lot of questions.) susceptible de, propenso a
2) (suitable: an apt remark.) apropiado, oportuno
3) (clever; quick to learn: an apt student.) listo; talentoso
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- aptness
APT
tr['eɪ'piː'tiː]
abbreviation
1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (Advanced Passenger Train) ≈ AVE nombre masculino
apt ['æpt] adj
1) fitting: apto, apropiado, acertado, oportuno
2) liable: propenso, inclinado
3) clever, quick: listo, despierto
apt
adj.
• aparejado, -a adj.
• apropiado, -a adj.
• apto, -a adj.
• dispuesto, -a adj.
• hábil adj.
• idóneo, -a adj.
• nacido, -a adj.
• pertinente adj.
• pintiparado, -a adj.
• propenso, -a adj.
æpt
adjective
a) (fitting, suitable) acertado, apropiado
b) (likely)

to be apt to + inf — ser* propenso or tener* tendencia or tender* a + inf

c) (clever, quick) listo, capaz, despierto
[æpt]
ADJ (compar apter) (superl aptest)
1) (=suitable) [name, title] acertado, apropiado; [description] acertado, atinado; [remark] acertado, oportuno

how apt that he should have been jailed on the anniversary of his crime! — ¡qué oportuno que lo hayan encerrado en el aniversario de su delito!

2) (=liable)

to be apt to do sth — tener tendencia a hacer algo, tender a hacer algo

we are apt to forget that ... — nos olvidamos fácilmente de que ..., tenemos tendencia or tendemos or somos propensos a olvidarnos de que ...

he's apt to be late — tiene tendencia a or tiende a or suele llegar tarde

I am apt to be out on Mondays — los lunes no suelo estar

this is apt to occur — esto tiene tendencia or tiende a ocurrir, hay propensión a que esto ocurra

3) (=clever) capaz

he has proved himself an apt pupil — ha demostrado ser un alumno capaz

* * *
[æpt]
adjective
a) (fitting, suitable) acertado, apropiado
b) (likely)

to be apt to + inf — ser* propenso or tener* tendencia or tender* a + inf

c) (clever, quick) listo, capaz, despierto

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