apoderar
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Meanings
Verb
1. to empower
2. to seize, to gain, to get hold of, to get one's hands on (reflexive)
3. to take control, to take possession (reflexive)
Examples6
Tom wants to take over the world.
Our land is being taken over.
I seize the moment and turn it to my advantage.
Tourists take over this island in the summer.
A heavenly comfort, I don't know how, takes hold of me.
Martians have taken over the earth.