por favor adóptame
/poɾ faboɾ adobtame/from spelling rules
The English phrase "please adopt me" is translated into Spanish as por favor adóptame.
This phrase can be used literally in legal contexts or colloquially/jokingly when seeing a cute animal or a person one wishes to be close to.
Which one should you use?
You may use por favor adópteme when addressing someone with formal respect or por favor adóptanos to say "please adopt us".
How does it change in a sentence?
To say 'please adopt us', change the object pronoun from -me to -nos.
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking social media circles, people use adóptame as a humorous way to express extreme admiration for a celebrity or a character.
- In some Spanish-speaking countries, the concept of 'adoption' in a social sense is linked to the term compadrazgo, where a spiritual bond through godparenting creates a familial tie without legal adoption.
- The word adoptar comes from the Latin adoptare, which originally meant 'to choose' or 'to select' rather than specifically referring to a legal family arrangement.
Examples in context
- ¡Porfa, adóptame!Please, adopt me!
- Si me quieres, por favor adóptame.If you love me, please adopt me.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Lucía are playing with a stray kitten at a shelter.
- AlejandroMira qué tierna es esta gatita.Look how cute this kitten is.
- LucíaElla me mira y dice: por favor adóptame.She looks at me and says: please adopt me.
- AlejandroEs muy inteligente, Lucía.She is very intelligent, Lucía.
- LucíaMe la voy a llevar a casa.I am going to take her home.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
