Adoptar means ‘to adopt/take’ (measures). It is a regular -ar verb: adopto (present), adopté (preterite), adoptado (past participle), adoptando (gerund).
Adoptar in use
Adoptamos un gato de una protectoraWe adopted a cat from a rescue centre
El Gobierno adoptará nuevas medidasThe government will take new measures
Mis tíos adoptaron a dos niñasMy aunt and uncle adopted two girls
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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