verb

adottare

adopt

To adopt a child: to legally become the parent of a child.
To adopt an animal: to take an animal into one’s home and care for it.
To adopt or put into practice: to choose and use a method, measure, attitude, or solution.
To adopt formally: to officially approve a rule, policy, or decision.

Adottare is a regular first-conjugation verb ending in -are. It is transitive and takes a direct object.

It comes from Latin adoptare, “to choose or take as one’s own,” formed from ad- (“toward”) and optare (“to choose”).

accogliere — “to welcome” or “take in”; it does not necessarily imply legal adoption.
scegliere — “to choose”; broader than adopting a particular method or solution.
adottare officially may overlap with approvare — “to approve,” though approval does not always mean putting something into practice.
abbandonare — “to abandon”; an opposite when referring to a practice or, in some contexts, an animal.
respingere — “to reject”; an opposite when referring to a proposal or measure.

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Vorrei adottare un gatto dal rifugio.verb

I would like to adopt a cat from the shelter.

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