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The Portuguese and Spanish verb 'tomar' has many equivalents in English. One common equivalent is its overlapping use with 'beber' to mean 'to drink'. Other meanings relate to the verb's sense of 'taking': 'to capture', 'to catch', 'to grasp', 'to have', 'to lay hold of', 'to recover', 'to rob', 'to seize', and 'to steal'.

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