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aprontar

to cause trouble, to get up to something, to get ready

ɐ p ɾ õ t a ɾ
a make or become + pront ready + ar Infinitive
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, future tense Rare #27,206
to cause trouble, to get up to something Often used colloquially for mischief or troublemaking.
PO: As crianças vão aprontar alguma coisa.
EN: The children are going to get up to something.
to get ready Used with a reflexive pronoun in this sense: aprontar-se.
PO: Preciso me aprontar antes de sair.
EN: I need to get ready before I leave.
Conjugation of aprontar
Present
aprontando
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third aprontou —
aprontar
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First aprontar —
Third aprontar —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third — aprontem
Imperative
SingularPlural
Third — aprontem

Agora, se você me desculpar, tenho que me aprontar!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get ready!

— Swades: We, the People (2004)

Eu falei pra tu não aprontar.

I told you not to get into trouble.

— Nise: O Coração da Loucura (2016)

Vamos aprontar merda.

Let's go raise some hell.

— No (2012)

Não faço ideia do que ela vai aprontar.

I have no idea what she's going to be up to.

— Suzume (2022)

Marco, não a deixe aprontar confusão.

Marco, don't let her cause trouble.

— O Castelo Animado (2004)

Vou me aprontar o mais rápido possível.

I'll get ready as quickly as possible.

Não deixe Mookie aprontar nada.

Don't let Mookie get up to anything.

— Faça a Coisa Certa (1989)

Para aprontar com eles.

To play a prank on them.

— O Profeta (2009)

Naquela época não se chamava"aprontar".

Back then, it wasn’t called “getting into trouble.”

— O Profeta (2009)

Ela levou duas horas para se aprontar.

It took her two hours to get ready.